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Kunyanee Jia, Mekarkart 305265 Nayeon Laura, Ryu 305628 Pearl Tsz Kwan, Lau 307793 Roma Lukianov 305949 Maria Lydia Stamatopoulou 306241
RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ TUM
CONTENT• Background
• Contribution to humankind
• Leadership traits
• Conclusion
BACKGROUND• 9th of January 1959 in Northwestern Guatemala, in a poor indigenous family
• Her father was a representative of their community, fight against the greedy landowners
• In the 1970s and 1980s, Guatemala’s repressive military dictatorship began a large-scale repression of Indian peoples.All her family were brutally tortured and murdered by the Guatemalan army
• She has demonstrated leadership at the forefront of the social struggle at the national and international vision.
• she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, the youngest person ever to be given with this honor.
CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANKIND
• Personality
1. An eager and steadfast woman
2. Eager to self-learning Spanish , Mayan native language
3. Her emphasized work includes different aspect and level , i.e. Support the fair trade and solidarity
• Organization
1. Foundation Rigoberta Menchu Tum (FRMT) , the supports in the following ways:- Education- Human Right- Development initiatives- Citizen participation
• Communication
1. Publishing books , i.e. “ I, Rigoberta Menchu” and “The Girl From Chimel”
2. Doing International Interviews and conferences.
LEADERSHIP TRAITS --- STEADFAST BELIF• The death of all her family members, were killed by the horrible military government.
• Self-learned languages , the Spanish and the Mayan dialect.
• Renounced marriage to continue her purpose and fight.
• The literal death threat from the government
• The Nobel Peace Prize in 1992
• Sacrificed herself to bring the human rights to Guatemalans, from the beginning until now.
CONCLUSION • A Charismatic leader
1. Her confident
2. Steadfast Belief
• The spokesperson of Guatemala
1. The Nobel Peace Prize in 1992
2. Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum
“ There is no peace without justice; There is no justice without fairness; There is no fairness without development; There is no development without democracy; There is no democracy without respect for the identity and the dignity of all cultures and peoples. ”
From Rigoberta Menchu
REFERENCES• Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Citizen Participation Program. Retrieved from
http://frmt.org/en/ParticipacionCiudadana/objetivosdelarea.html
• Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Mission and Vision . Retrieved from
http://frmt.org/en/misionyvision.htmll
• I, Rigoberta Menchú Plot overview. Retrieved from
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/irigoberta/summary.html
• Interview with Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Retrieved from
http://www.indians.org/welker/menchu2.html
• Leadership Wiki (n.d.). Rigoberta Menchu. Retrieved from
http://fa12phl301.providence.wikispaces.net/Rigoberta+Mench%C3%BA
• Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.global-vision.org/interviews/menchu/
• Rigoberta Menchu. Retrieved from
http://frmt.org/en/quienesrigobertamenchutum.html
• Rigoberta Menchu (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.moreorless.net.au/heroes/menchu.html
• Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Goals of the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation. Retrieved from
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/menchu.html
• The Emily Fund: Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Retrieved from http://www.doonething.org/heroes/pages-m/menchu-bio.html