What is Rigoberta Menchú?
{{Infobox person |name=Rigoberta Menchú |image= Rigoberta Menchu 2009 cropped.jpg |caption = Rigoberta Menchu in 2009. |birthname=Rigoberta Menchú Tum |birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|1|09|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Laj Chimel]], [[Quiché Department|Quiché]], [[Guatemala]] |occupation = [[Activist]], [[politician]] |nationality = [[Guatemala]]n |parents = Juana Tum Kótoja<br>Vicente Menchú Pérez |awards=[[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1992<br>[[Prince of Asturias Awards]] in 1998<br/>Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2010. |website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004093655/http://www.frmt.org/es/%23 Rigoberta Menchú Tum profile] }} {{nobelprize|Peace}}'''Rigoberta Menchú Tum''' ({{IPA-es|riɣoˈβerta menˈtʃu|lang}}; born 9 January 1959) is a [[Guatemala]]n [[political activist|political]] and [[human rights|human rights activist]]. Menchú is known for her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's [[indigenous]] feminists during and after the [[Guatemalan Civil War]] (1960–1996), and to promoting [[indigenous rights]] in the country. She received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1992 and the [[Prince of Asturias Award]] in 1998.<ref name=nobel>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1992/tum-bio.html|title=Rigoberta Menchú Tum - Biographical|publisher=Nobelprize.org|year=2013|access-date=16 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829175739/http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1992/tum-bio.html|archive-date=29 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Menchú is a [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]]. She has also become a figure in indigenous political parties and ran for [[President of Guatemala]] in 2007 and 2011. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080829175739/http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1992/tum-bio.html Biography at the official Nobel site] *[http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1992/tum-lecture.html Nobel Peace Prize lecture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603093759/http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1