On the eve of April 19, Lizzy Titiá is the youngest indigenous person born at the Maternal and Child Hospital of Ilhéus

Bruna Titiá, 19, speaks directly and bluntly: “what we want is respect.” In bed 1 of the Normal Birth Center (CPN) of the Dr. Joaquim Sampaio Maternal and Child Hospital (HMIJS) in Ilhéus, hours after the birth of Lizzy Titiá, the resident of the Caramuru Paraguaçu Village – a community with approximately 5,000 inhabitants in the rural area of Pau Brasil – breastfeeds the little indigenous girl and dreams of a future where Lizzy can preserve her…