In Brazil, 27 members of different indigenous peoples have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Six of them have died. Elizângela da Silva, leader of the Baré ethnic group, explains the way isolation complicates access to hospitals for indigenous people and how it has suspended programs against gender-based violence. She also mentions that it is time to revalue traditional work, such as the one midwives do. This is her story, a part of “They Fight,” a journalism series coordinated in five Latin American countries by OjoPublico.

Gustavo Faleiros @gufalei gustavo@infoamazonia.org

26 Abril, 2020