Lottie Cunningham Wren (born 1959) is a Miskito Nicaraguan lawyer, environmentalist, and Indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua.[1]
Lottie Cunningham Wren | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Lottie Cunningham Wren in 2021 | |
| Born | September 29, 1959 Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua[1] |
| Occupation | Indigenous rights lawyer |
| Organization(s) | Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua |
| Awards | Right Livelihood Award (2020) |
| Website | cejudhcan |
Cunningham was born on September 29, 1959, in the village of Bilwaskarma, located on the Rio Coco, Nicaragua.[1]
Cunningham founded the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.[2] In 2019 she received the Paul K. Feyerabend Award,[3] and in 2020 she received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," for her work defending the rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples to their land.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lottie Cunningham Wren". Right Livelihood. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Diez, Georg (December 3, 2020). "Nicaragua's Indigenous People face a humanitarian crisis". Fair Planet. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ https://www.pkfeyerabend.org/en/2019/10/01/english-lottie-cunningham-2019-paul-k-feyerabend-award/
- ^ "Lottie Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua)". The Right Livelihood Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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