Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in

Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in Brazil she saw much war and persecution. At age 17, when pregnant with her daughter, Maria Alice was put in prison and tortured. Her daughter was born after Maria Alice became a political refuge in Europe and Africa before receiving amnesty to return to Brazil where she led a spiritual community in the deepest parts of the Amazon Rainforest reservation. Learn more about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers here.

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Alice Munyua, Senior Director, Innovation and Public Policy, Mozilla Corporation

Listen to some of our members' opinions about being part of the ITU-D community, and about the advantages

Alice Munyua, Senior Director, Innovation and Public Policy, Mozilla Corporation

Listen to some of our members' opinions about being part of the ITU-D community, and about the advantages the membership brings to their organizations. 

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