0345/2021 - Entrevista com Sonia Guajajara: O movimento indígena frente à pandemia da Covid-19 Interview with Sonia Guajajara: The indigenous movement facing the Covid-19 pandemic
Nesta entrevista, Sonia Guajajara, coordenadora executiva da Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), aborda as análises e estratégias desenvolvidas pelo movimento indígena para o enfrentamento da pandemia da Covid-19. Entre os pontos destacados, estão as estratégias de comunicação, vigilância e monitoramento da Covid-19, o apoio aos territórios indígenas, as iniciativas no Legislativo e Judiciário, a incidência internacional e a articulação com a academia. Torna-se evidente o importante protagonismo do movimento indígena nas ações de contenção da emergência sanitária e na defesa dos direitos dos povos indígenas, em uma conjuntura de embate com o governo federal e de retrocessos nas políticas públicas.
Palavras-chave:
Covid-19, movimentos sociais, povos indígenas, emergência em saúde pública.
Abstract:
In this interview, Sonia Guajajara, the executive coordinator of the Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Articulation (APIB), addresses the analyzes and strategies developed by the Indigenous movement to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other topics, she highlights some of the movement’s strategies concerning communication, surveillance, and the monitoring of Covid-19, as well as its actions to support Indigenous territories, the initiatives carried out in the Legislative and Judiciary realms, the movement’s international incidence, and its articulation with academia. Sonia shows the important role played by the Indigenous movement to control the health emergency and to defend the rights of the Indigenous peoples, in the framework of intense conflicts with the federal government and setbacks in public policies.
Keywords:
Covid-19, social movements, indigenous peoples, public health emergency
Interview with Sonia Guajajara: The indigenous movement facing the Covid-19 pandemic
Resumo (abstract):
In this interview, Sonia Guajajara, the executive coordinator of the Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Articulation (APIB), addresses the analyzes and strategies developed by the Indigenous movement to face the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other topics, she highlights some of the movement’s strategies concerning communication, surveillance, and the monitoring of Covid-19, as well as its actions to support Indigenous territories, the initiatives carried out in the Legislative and Judiciary realms, the movement’s international incidence, and its articulation with academia. Sonia shows the important role played by the Indigenous movement to control the health emergency and to defend the rights of the Indigenous peoples, in the framework of intense conflicts with the federal government and setbacks in public policies.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Covid-19, social movements, indigenous peoples, public health emergency
Guajajara, S. B., Alarcon, D., Pontes, Ana Lucia de Moura. Entrevista com Sonia Guajajara: O movimento indígena frente à pandemia da Covid-19. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/dez). [Citado em 23/12/2024].
Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/artigos/entrevista-com-sonia-guajajara-o-movimento-indigena-frente-a-pandemia-da-covid19/18244?id=18244&id=18244
