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Biography

Nobel Peace Prize 1992. She was born on January 9, 1959, in LajChimel, San Miguel Uspantan, El Quiché, Guatemala. Maya K'iche' woman, social leader, activist, political leader, writer and spiritual guide, she has worked tirelessly to defend and vindicate the rights of women and indigenous peoples and has played an extraordinary role in the processes of peace dialogue in the region. Founder and President for Life of the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation, which has been her platform of work at the national and international level for the last 31 years, from where she has developed initiatives in the fields of education, food security, full respect for Mother Earth, human rights and justice, in favor of the most disadvantaged populations. She is President of the Platform of Indigenous Women of Guatemala and is currently a Professor at the School of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico -UNAM. She has published autobiographical books on peace culture and children's literature, the latter in co-authorship with Dante Liano, in which she promotes the ancestral teachings of Indigenous Peoples.