Lottie Cunningham Wren | |
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![]() Lottie Cunningham Wren in 2021 | |
Born | Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua[1] | September 29, 1959
Occupation | Indigenous rights lawyer |
Organization(s) | Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua |
Awards | Right Livelihood Award (2020) |
Website | cejudhcan |
Lottie Cunningham Wren (born 1959) is a Miskito Nicaraguan lawyer, environmentalist, and Indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua.[1]
Cunningham was born on September 29, 1959, in the village of Bilwaskarma, located on the Rio Coco, Nicaragua.[1]
Cunningham founded the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.[2] In 2019 she received the Paul K. Feyerabend Award,[3] and in 2020 she received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," for her work defending the rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples to their land.[4]