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anta , cusco , peru peru peruvian partido nacionalista peruano peruvian of the peruvian congress from cusco region representative to the andean community of nations member 1957 2011 & ndash ; present 2006 hilaria supa huamán.jpg hilaria supa
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hilaria supa

hilaria supa huamán -lrb- born 1957 , in wayllaqocha , anta province , cusco region -rrb- , is a human rights activist , an active member of several indigenous women organizations in peru and the world and a peruvian politician .
she is currently a congresswoman representing the cusco for the period 2006-2011 , as a member of ollanta humala 's partido nacionalista peruano party .
hilaria supa was raised by her grandparents on her mother helena huamán 's side , who were peasants in a hacienda or a big farm owned by rich families .
during her childhood she saw the `` hacendado '' or farm owner mistreat her grandfather and rape the local women , which had a crucial impact on her life .
her grandfather , who fought for farmers rights , was murdered in 1965 .
when she was only six years old , she had to travel to arequipa , where she was forced to work as a maid but when she asked her relatives to get her back to cusco , she found out that her grandmother had also died .
afterward hilaria supa worked as a house maid in cusco , arequipa , and lima .
she was raped at 14 when she was working for rich families in lima .
her partner and father of her children , died in an accident when she was 22 .
as a result of physical abuse and forced labor as a child , she suffers of generalized boy arthritis .
she has written a book about her life titled `` threads of my life '' - available in spanish , english and german , and soon in quechua - where she tells how she become stronger facing these adversities .
in the 1980s she became involved with other indigenous women in organizing a community program that provided with free meals for poor children .
she became leader of the micaela bastidas committee in anta , cusco and took part in the fights for land rights , which finally resulted in the land reform legislation under the government of juan velasco alvarado .
she was also leader of the `` federación departamental de campesinos del cusco '' , the regional organization of the `` confederación campesina del perú '' in cusco .
in 1991 she became the organizational secretary of the new founded women 's federation of anta -lrb- federación de mujeres de anta femca -rrb- , where she was responsible for alphabetization programs , traditional medicine preservation and pesticide issues .
hilaria supa has taken part in numerous international women rights meetings , where she has actively used and promoted her native quechua language .
in 1995 she led a protest and lobbying against forced sterilization of women and men , done under the alberto fujimori dictatorship with health minister alejandro aguinaga .
this racist health policy resulted in enforced sterilization of 363,000 indigenous women and over 22,000 men .
hilaria supa was elected to the peruvian congress in 2006 , taking the oath in quechua , followed by her fellow congresswoman maría sumire .
doing this she became the first parliamentarian in peru 's history to take the oath in any indigenous language , for which both were sharply criticized by congresswoman martha hildebrandt and some other members of congress .
congresswoman hilaria supa participated twice at the united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues , where she denounced the crisis that her community was facing , after free trade policies and abusive decrees had been passed by the peruvian government of alan garcía in complicity with the u.s. government .
she is working now to rescue machu picchu and other native sites , and return them under the management of the indigenous peoples of cusco .
in august of 2010 hilaria was elected president of the education commission of the peruvian congress .
while congressmen of the american popular revolutionary alliance -lrb- apra -rrb- and the fujimori parties were criticizing this , she received support by peruvian education experts .
in april 2011 hilaria was elected as candidate of gana perú into the andean parliament .
