Recognizing the “fighting efforts and life trajectories of migrant women in Argentina,” the XI Meeting of Latin American Women Leaders was held, with the support of the Consulate General of Peru in Buenos Aires and the participation of leaders from the community of that country and Bolivia.
“We have been doing this event for 11 years,” said Lourdes Vargas, president of the Association of Migrant and Refugee United Peruvian Women, adding that this is the first meeting they have held after 3 years due to the pandemic.
“Every year we choose to honor Latin American migrant women, people who have excelled in an enterprise, both professionally or culturally, and from different fields,” said the leader, explaining that this year Lourdes Rivadeneyra, Reina Torres and Guadalupe were distinguished. Bull.
Rivadeneyra, a Peruvian leader, is a member of the International Network of Migrants, “she gave us her testimony on how she made that network grow and how she built it,” Vargas said.
Meanwhile, Reina Torres, a Bolivian figure, fought to do justice for her aunt, Marcelina Meneses, who was thrown from a moving train with her baby, “because of her status as a Bolivian migrant.”
As a result of this, every January 10, the Day of Migrant Women is commemorated in her honor in the City of Buenos Aires.
Finally, Guadalupe Bull, a Peruvian and journalist, belongs to an organization that performs Inca theater, where they perform performances of Túpac Amaru and wear period clothing.
“They try to represent them as accurately as possible, that’s why we also liked that item for this year,” he said.
The Association of Migrant and Refugee United Peruvian Women has been created for more than 19 years, Vargas pointed out and said that they began in 2003, “when it was impossible to obtain the National Identity Document (DNI) because you had to be married to an Argentine, have a child or an employment contract.
The organization is in charge of migratory issues, they have free counseling, and they also deal with problems of violence and gender.
“It is an enriching event and it is important because it reveals something that is invisible because nobody has any idea of all the effort these women make and their situation as migrants,” she concluded.
The event was held this afternoon in the auditorium of the Consulate General of Peru in Buenos Aires, located at San Martín 128.
