Puno, Peru -- May 27-28, 2009 -- We, indigenous women gathered in the
sacred lands of Lake Titicaca, after two days of discussions and
deliberation raise our voices in these times when /Abya Yala/’s[1] womb
is once more with childbirth pains, to give birth to the new
/Pachakutik/ [2] for a better life on our planet. We, indigenous women,
have had a direct input into the historical process of transformation of
our peoples through our proposals and actions in the various struggles
taking place and engendered from the indigenous movements.

We are the carriers, conduits of our cultural and genetic make-up; we
gestate and brood life; together with men, we are the axis of the family
unit and society. We join our wombs to our mother earth’s womb to give
birth to new times in this Latin American continent where in many
countries millions of people, impoverished by the neoliberal system,
raise their voices to say ENOUGH to oppression, exploitation and the
looting of our wealth. We therefore join in the liberation struggles
taking place throughout our continent.

We gather here at this summit, with our hearts, minds, hands and wombs,
for the purpose of seeking alternatives to eliminate injustice,
discrimination, machismo and violence against women, and to return to
our ways of mutual respect and a life of harmony with the planet.

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