Joanna Patricia Kintanar Cariño is a Filipina human rights activist, educator, researcher, and co-founder of the Cordillera People's Alliance (CPA), SELDA Northern Luzon (Association of Ex Political Detainees against Detention and Arrest) and SANDUGO (Alliance and Movement of Bangsamoro and Indigenous Peoples and for Self-Determination).[1]

Early life

Cariño was born May 2, 1951, in Baguio. A descendant of Ibaloi chieftain Mateo Cariño,[2] she is the second eldest of the eight children of Josefina Kintanar Cariño and Atty. Jose Cortes Cariño Jr.

Cariño attended Baguio Central School and Baguio City High School. In 1970, she left the University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB) and became an activist. Together with her younger sister Joji, she was illegally arrested, tortured, and detained in Camp Olivas from 1974 to 1976 during martial law under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.[1][3] Her elder sister Jingjing had been killed in an accident that same year after becoming a full-time activist in 1974.[4] In 1978, she resumed her schooling at UPB, where she graduated with a degree in Anthropology and Economics. She later took up graduate studies at the same university but subsequently left to further her career in activism.

Human rights work

Cariño has been involved in the indigenous peoples' struggle to protect their ancestral lands and the environment. Cariño has opposed mining, logging, and dam projects that threaten to destroy ancestral lands in the Philippines.[5]

She cofounded the Cordillera Peoples Alliance for the Defense of Ancestral Domain and Self Determination (also known as Cordillera People's Alliance) in 1984 and has been a part of this organization ever since.[6]

She is chairperson of Sandugo, which assists Philippine indigenous communities in their struggle for self-determination.[7]

Awards and recognition

On May 18, 2019, she was awarded with the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights for her activism and work against state violence. The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights is given to individuals, groups or institutions in Korea and abroad that have contributed to promoting and advancing human rights, democracy and peace through their work.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 Catolico, Gianna Francesca (June 2, 2019). "Joanna Cariño: Soldiering On in the Struggle for Indigenous People's Rights". Gwangju News. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ Turtogo, Prince (April 22, 2023). "Indigenous women and their stories: The Cariño family". Rappler. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ Quitasol, Kimberlie (September 23, 2022). "Panaglagip: The North Remembers, Martial Law anthology to cure historical amnesia". Northern Dispatch. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Martyrs & Heroes: Jennifer Cariño". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. May 27, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Joanna K. Cariño". Human Rights Defenders World Summit 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cordillera Peoples Alliance". www.cpaphils.org. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ Gavilan, Jodesz (May 20, 2019). "Long-time indigenous peoples' rights activist wins international award". Rappler. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ Staff, Nordis (December 31, 2017). "Joanna Cariño, an Ibaloi activist".
  9. ↑ "Cordillera Peoples Alliance". cpaphils.org. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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