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Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city's streets as they do every year on International Women's Day
Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city's streets as they do every year on International Women's Day
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march
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