Chile | Founded in 1998 | Thousand Currents Partner since 2024
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas (ANAMURI)
Standing for Rights of Peasant, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant Women in Chile
Founded in 1998, Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas (ANAMURI) is a national women-led movement to protect the rights and well-being of women in the countryside of Chile. From a feminist perspective, ANAMURI advocates for food sovereignty with gender justice, and a comprehensive and popular agrarian reform that addresses the needs of women and the rural world as guarantors of the right to food for the people. They believe capitalism, extractivism, and patriarchy undermine the rights of peasant, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant women to live in harmony with nature.
The organization uses popular education, communications, campaigns, training, technical assistance, and advocacy to mobilize and organize women in rural areas in defense of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, peasant agriculture, food, and access to land, health, water, and decent work. Additionally, they are part of Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC-Vía Campesina) and Red de los Institutos de Agroecología de América Latina (IALA), where they manage the Instituto de Agroecología Sembradoras de Esperanza, an agroecology school organized by and for Indigenous and peasant women.
ANAMURI stands as a cornerstone organization within the Latin American feminist movement, profoundly influencing the public agenda on various issues, including the rights of rural and Indigenous women, peasant and popular feminism, food production, and the protection of seeds and biodiversity.