Karina Pankievich

Karina Pankievich

Karina Pankievich is a Uruguayan trans rights activist.[1][2][3][4][5] She is the president of Trans Association of Uruguay (Spanish: Asociación Trans del Uruguay, ATRU).[6][7]

Life

Karina moved to Montevideo at the age of 13. Since the age of 15 years, she worked as a sex worker during the dictatorship in Uruguay. The violence and oppression she faced led her to leave Uruguay. Karina moved to Brazil and Argentina, then returned to Uruguay in 1985 and found that many people in the LGBTI community wanted to fight for their human rights, but were afraid. Therefore, Karina and other activists, such as Gloria Álvez Mariño, founded the ATRU in the same year. ATRU focuses on training, supporting and mobilizing activists to promote and defend their rights.[8]

See also

Works

ATRU is a network of trans rights groups throughout the country and reaching other countries in South America. One of the group's biggest successes was the Diversity March, which celebrates the LGBTI community in Uruguay. In 2019, the Diversity March involved more than 130,000 people. She participated in a documentary project titled "Trans women without transphobia against HIV - AIDS" for the Trans National Base Organization (OTBN). This documentary covers cases of trans women human rights violations during 2017 in Uruguay.[9][10][11][12] In 2018, the trans community in Uruguay obtained a law that guaranteed their rights. In 2019, the Parliament of Uruguay wanted to revoke the referendum.[13]

References

  1. ^ diaria, la (2019-12-11). "Elvira Lutz, Cristina Grela y Karina Pankievich fueron declaradas Ciudadanas Ilustres por la Intendencia de Montevideo". la diaria (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  2. ^ "Los 90 en clave trans". la diaria (in Spanish). 2020-01-04. Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ "Ley Trans vuelve al tapete entre denuncias penales, firmas y festejos". ecos.la (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  4. ^ "Dirigente trans aseguró que solo se busca salud integral para el colectivo". Diario La República (in Spanish). 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. ^ "Ley trans: Senador del FA propone sacar la posibilidad de que menores accedan a cirugías de cambio de sexo". la diaria (in Spanish). 2018-08-20. Archived from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  6. ^ ElPais. "Creando un nuevo futuro trans". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  7. ^ ElPais. "Ley "trans" se votó bajo acusaciones de "presión"". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  8. ^ "OHCHR | Karina Pankievich". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  9. ^ "Ser trans en los '90: postales e historias desde Uruguay". Agencia Presentes (in Spanish). 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  10. ^ "Karina Pankievich archivos". Indymedia Argentina Centro de Medios Independientes (( i )) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  11. ^ Nations, United. "Los derechos de las personas trans | Naciones Unidas". United Nations (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  12. ^ "Reconocimiento a mujeres que luchan en nombre de todas". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  13. ^ "Los derechos de las personas trans no se plebiscitan – ACNUDH" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-17.


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