Bernice Celeyta - Colombia

Bernice Celeyta is president of La Asociación para la Investigación y Acción Social - NOMADESC (Association for Social Research and Action), where she works primarily with women, trade unionists, campesinos, the Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples.

Berenice and her team work with affected communities to raise social awareness and promote empowerment. They use civic and legal tools to non-violently defend themselves and assert their human rights.

In this interview with Global X (in Spanish), she talks about forensic anthropology, exhumations related to criminal acts and concludes: "It's better to die for something than live for nothing!"

¡Es mejor morir por algo que vivir por nada!