Rosa Palomino

{{short description|Aymara indigenous leader}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

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| birth_place = Camacani, Puno

| nationality = Peruvian

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| occupation = indigenous rights activist, Aymara radio broadcaster

| years_active = 1970s–2022

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Rosa Palomino Chahuareses (11 March 1951 – 26 March 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=In memoriam: Rosa "Mama Rosa" Palomino Chahuares {{!}} Cultural Survival |url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/memoriam-rosa-mama-rosa-palomino-chahuares |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.culturalsurvival.org |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Making Women Proud: Rosa Palomino Chahuares and the Women of UMA|url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/making-women-proud-rosa-palomino-chahuares-and-women-uma|access-date=2020-08-06|website=www.culturalsurvival.org|language=en}}

==Biography==

Palomino was born in the rural community of Camacani, Puno, Peru.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwgia.org/en/peru/2353-indigenous-broadcasters-in-peru-the-right-to-commu.html|title=Indigenous broadcasters in Peru: The right to Communication - IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs|website=www.iwgia.org}} In 1985, in the Puno district of Huacullani, she and a group of women started the Aymara language radio show "Q´ana Panqara" (Bright flower).{{Cite web|url=https://www.servindi.org/actualidad-noticias/27/11/2019/radialista-aimara-rosa-palomino-es-candidata-al-congreso-de-la|title=Rosa Palomino, una mujer del pueblo, honesta y servicial, al Congreso | Servindi - Servicios de Comunicación Intercultural|website=www.servindi.org}} She is considered the first Aymara woman who has worked in radio hosting and production.{{Cite web| title=La radiodifusión en la configuración identitaria del altiplano peruano. El caso aymara | language=es | trans-title=Broadcasting in the Identity Configuration of the Peruvian Highlands: The Aymara Case. | url=http://www.rehime.com.ar/escritos/cuadernos/04/ReHiMeCuaderno04oyarceweb.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221140734/http://rehime.com.ar/escritos/cuadernos/04/ReHiMeCuaderno04oyarceweb.pdf | archive-date=2016-12-21}}{{Cite web|title=Perú. La comunicadora aymara Rosa Palomino candidata al Congreso de la República por la región de Puno – Medios Indígenas|url=http://mediosindigenas.ub.edu/2019/12/01/peru-la-comunicadora-aymara-rosa-palomino-candidata-al-congreso-de-la-republica-por-la-region-de-puno/}}

Since 1988 Palomino produces the radio show Wiñay Panqara (Always flourishing) at Pachamama Radio station, a cultural show that covers Aymara women's issues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/es/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/creando-mujeres-orgullosas-rosa-palomino-chahuares-y-las|title=Creando Mujeres Orgullosas: Rosa Palomino Chahuares y las Mujeres de UMA|website=www.culturalsurvival.org}} Palomino was the director of Peru's Network of Indigenous Media Communicators.{{Cite web|url=https://www.losandes.com.pe/2019/11/19/%ef%bb%bfrosa-palomino-pionera-de-la-comunicacion-intercultural/|title=Rosa Palomino, pionera de la comunicación intercultural|date=19 November 2019}} In 2019, she was a candidate for Congress of the Republic of Peru with the party Democracia Directa.{{Cite web|url=http://www.noticiasser.pe/puno/conociendo-los-candidatos-y-candidatas-al-congreso-por-puno|title=Conociendo a los candidatos y candidatas al Congreso por Puno | NoticiasSER|website=www.noticiasser.pe}}

Palomino is the president of Abya Yala Union of Aymara Women (UMA, in Spanish).{{Cite web|url=https://www.servindi.org/audios-especiales-videos/14/12/2018/video-union-de-mujeres-aimaras-del-abya-yala-uma|title=Mujeres aimaras y su apropiación de la palabra y la comunicación | Servindi - Servicios de Comunicación Intercultural|website=www.servindi.org}}

In 2016, Palomino was recognized by Peru's Ministry of Culture as a renowned Indigenous woman leader.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceas.org.pe/noticia.php?NotId=382|title=CEAS - Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social|website=www.ceas.org.pe}} Due her leadership in Indigenous issues, Palomino has been invited to the United Nations and universities across the globe to talk about her community work.{{Cite web|title=Aymara Social Leader at Penn: Rosa Palomino [photos] – Quechua at Penn|url=https://web.sas.upenn.edu/quechua/2015/04/06/aymara-social-leader-at-penn-rosa-palomino-photos/|website=web.sas.upenn.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://intercontinentalcry.org/rosa-palomino-radio-care-rights-aymara-culture/|title=Rosa Palomino: "On the radio we care about our rights and Aymara culture"|date=2 February 2015}} Palomino died in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/puno/puno-fallece-rosa-palomino-comunicadora-aimara-noticia//|title=Puno: fallece Rosa Palomino, comunicadora aimara|date=3 March 2022|publisher=Diario Correo|language=es|accessdate=18 May 2024}}