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Their activism is said to include elements of ecofeminism, a branch of feminism that considers environmentalism and the relationship between women and the earth as central to its practice. [3] In October 2013, Indigenous organizations from the southeastern Ecuadorian Amazon took part in a 250-kilometre (160 mi) march to Quito, Ecuador's capital ...
Women, especially rural women, are disproportionately affected by poverty. Women are more likely to be unemployed. In 2019, the unemployment rate for women in Ecuador was 5.0%, and male unemployment was 3.3%. [4] In 2012, the total labor force was roughly 7.39 million people. [5] In comparison this means roughly 125,630 more women are going ...
Marieta de Veintimilla Marconi (1855-1907) was an Ecuadorian writer, feminist and politician. She served as the first lady of Ecuador during the presidency of her unmarried uncle, president Ignacio de Veintemilla 1876-1883.
Herrán Matorras' Virgin of El Panecillo (1976) on El Panecillo is a large replica of the sculpture. The Virgin of Quito (Spanish, La Virgen de Quito) — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example ...
Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (Quito, Viceroyalty of New Granada, 27 December 1797 – Peru, 23 November 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for women's rights.
Vincente Albán (1725 in Quito, Ecuador - Unknown ) was an Ecuadorian painter, member of the Quiteña School, noted for his idealized paintings of indigenous (Yumbo people) and Latin American-born people in their native outfits. [1] [2] These paintings display a variety of social classes and information on the clothing of the time. [3]
In addition, the Spanish conquerors married Cara women. Their descendants continued to intermarry, producing the mestizo population of the region who gradually became disconnected from their indigenous heritage. In the early 21st century, there was a major find of sophisticated tombs, dating to 800 CE, in the Florida neighborhood of Quito.
Quito (c. 1889), attributed to Rafael Salas. National Museum of Ecuador. In the 1950s, local authorities and religious leaders stood looking at El Panecillo, a loaf-shaped, 656-foot-high (200 meters) hill in central Quito. They agreed that the hilltop, visible throughout the city, was the perfect place to erect a statue.