Portraits of Tribal Heroines for Women’s Day

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braz-awa-tn-2011-3968-final_gallery_largeLittle Butterfly, a young girl from the nomadic Awá people, the Earth’s most threatened tribe.
 

On International Women’s Day, Survival International profiles the stories of the world’s tribal women.

For women of the Awá hunter-gatherer tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, an egalitarian society is normal; some Awá women even take several husbands, a practice known as polyandry….http://www.survival..

On International Women’s Day, Survival International profiles the stories of the world’s tribal women.

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