Spotlight on Sofía Ríos (COB/COMUANDE-Bolivia)

By Alberto A. Zalles and Samuel Grumiau (interviewers)

"We're fighting for a long-term strategic approach to universal health care"

Sofía Ríos, General Secretary of the Bolivian Health Workers' Union and Secretary of the Bolivian Section of the Andean Women Workers' Network, COMUANDE explains the problems and demands of health workers.

The Coordinadora de Mujeres Trabajadoras Andinas (COMUANDE) is a body bringing together working women from the Andean region. It was founded by Agreement CCLA -14/2000 of the Consejo Consultivo Laboral Andino and is composed of representatives from the various women's sections of the different trade union centres in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.