Does the recognition of all indigenous uses and customs not represent risks for the nation?
There are uses and customs which do not serve the indigenous communities, primarily those having to do with the segregation of women in decision-making, but they are being fought by the communities themselves, basically by organized indigenous women. We are not demanding the recognition of a bad custom which we ourselves are striving to change. What we are demanding is the recognition of our different selves, of our culture, of our history, of our language, of our forms of governance, of our form of social organization. Apart from that, returning to the case of indigenous women, the Cocopa law itself puts emphasis on respect for the integrity of women and their political participation. It is for that reason, among other things, that we want this law to be approved in Congress.
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