ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Wider Guaramag Umenda

Wider Guaramag Umenda is community leader and former President of the A’i Cofán Community of Sinangoe. He works as a community teacher and leads the community’s self-education initiative as a strategy for cultural survival. His leadership has been fundamental in strengthening the community’s self-governance to ensure the right to free, prior and informed consent, education within the context of learning spaces, and legal security of the territory.