Rosa Palomino

Rosa Palomino Chahuareses was an Aymara Indigenous leader, journalist, human rights activist, and social leader in Peru. In 2014, the Ministry of Culture presented her with an award for her work in developing community radio for women.

Biography

Palomino was born in the rural community of Camacani, Puno, Peru. In 1985, in the Puno district of Huacullani, she and a group of women started the Aymara language radio show "Q´ana Panqara". She is considered the first Aymara woman who has worked in radio hosting and production.
From 1988, Palomino produced the radio show Wiñay Panqara at Pachamama Radio station, a cultural show that covers Aymara women's issues. Palomino was the director of Peru's Network of Indigenous Media Communicators. In 2019, she was a candidate for Congress of the Republic of Peru with the party Democracia Directa.
Palomino is the president of Abya Yala Union of Aymara Women.
In 2016, Palomino was recognized by Peru's Ministry of Culture as a renowned Indigenous woman leader. Due to her leadership in Indigenous issues, Palomino has been invited to the United Nations and universities across the globe to talk about her community work. Palomino died in 2022.