Indigenous weavers in Guatemala are challenging the appropriation of their identities by both national and transnational companies. On November 24, hundreds of indigenous weavers from across the country made the journey to Guatemala City to present congress with a series of reforms that would lead to the legal protection of their intellectual property rights as weavers.
Indigenous Weavers in Guatemala Mobilize to Defend Their Craft and Cultural Rights
Toward Freedom,
08 December 2016, Guatemala
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