The Bartolina Sisa National Confederation of Campesino, Indigenous, and Native Women of Bolivia ( es, Confederación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas Indígenas Originarias de Bolivia “Bartolina Sisa”; CNMCIOB-BS; informally, ''the Bartolina Sisas'') is the primary union organization of peasant women in

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, and the women's organization with the largest membership in the country. The organization was founded as the Bartolina Sisa National Federation of Peasant Women of Bolivia in January 1980, shortly after the founding of the Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB). The founding members were Lucila Mejía de Morales (the first executive), Irma García, Isabel Juaniquina and Isabel Ortega. The name

Bartolina Sisa Bartolina Sisa Vargas ( 1750 – 5 September 1782) was an Aymaran woman and indigenous heroine who led numerous revolts against the Spanish rule in Charcas, then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru and present-day Bolivia. Alongside her husband, th ...

refers to the Aymara peasant leader of the 18th century, the wife of Túpac Katari, and reflects the strong influence of the Katarista movement in peasant politics. The current name was adopted in the organization's Organic Congress of 29-30 November 2008, redefining the organization as a confederation and adopting the phrase ''Campesino, Indigenous, and Native'' from the text of the new Bolivian constitution. Their main aims are to organize and facilitate women's participation in national terrain. The Bartolina Sisa Confederation is a member of the

Pact of Unity The Pact of Unity ( es, Pacto de Unidad) is an evolving national alliance of Bolivian grassroots organizations in support of indigenous and agrarian rights, land reform, the rewriting of the 1967 constitution through a Constituent Assembly, and a l ...

in Bolivia, and of the

National Coordination for Change The National Coordinator for Change ( es, Coordinadora Nacional por el Cambio; CONALCAM) is a Bolivian political coordination of social movements aligned with the governing Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peopl ...

, and a constituent organization in the

Movement toward Socialism The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...

party. The president of the Constituent Assembly in Bolivia,

Silvia Lazarte Silvia Lazarte (January 10 1964 — June 28 2020), a Bolivian Indigenous woman from Quechua ancestry, became the President of the Constituent Assembly on August 6, 2006. Lazarte was a peasant leader representing the Santa Cruz department, althou ...

, was elected Executive Secretary at the National level at the 8th national congress in April 1999.

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