Warmikunaq Rimaynin: The Voice of the Women

Warmikunaq Rimaynin is our commitment to social justice and gender equity. This initiative, led by indigenous women, was born to honor, protect, and empower Andean girls and women, rescuing their fundamental role in the preservation of life and culture.

 

For more than 30 years, we have walked alongside our Andean legacy, gathering the wisdom of our elders. We intertwine ancestral knowledge with a transformative vision of the feminine, creating spaces where the past, present, and future meet.

Areas of Action and Training

Through women’s circles and ongoing workshops at the Kusi Kawsay School, the Kusi Ñan project, and Ñawpa Ñan cultural programs, we lead processes of healing and learning in:
  • Sovereignty and Health: Nutrition, healing with endemic medicinal plants, mental and reproductive and sexual health.
  • Leadership and Creativity: Arts, expression, and training of indigenous women leaders, including empowerment programs aimed at supporting Andean girls and young women in the completion of their schooling.
  • Intergenerational Healing: Spaces to imagine and build renewed futures for Andean Quechua-Amazonian families and nations.
  • Musical Production: We collect and create songs that denounce the historical persecution of indigenous women and highlight the critical link between environmental extraction and violence against Mother Earth.
  • Awareness Campaigns: We create campaigns that aim to transform the social reality of women, confronting gender issues at their roots with the goal of turning each community into a fair and safe territory. One example of this is: #WarmallanAmaraqMamaqa, where under the slogan “Girls, Not Mothers,” we work to eliminate stigmas and ensure comprehensive sexual education based on autonomy, prevention, and social justice.
  • Participation in international events: This year 2026, Inti Raymi —our most emblematic international gathering of indigenous nations— will feature an unprecedented female presence. Twelve women leaders from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and the United States will take on the role of special presenters, placing ancestral wisdom at the center of the global dialogue.