Voices of (R)existence: Indigenous women, Instagram, and the fight against (fem)genocide in Brazil

This paper examines the transformative political impact of Indigenous Brazilian women's strategic use of Instagram as a platform for advocacy and political mobilisation. It argues that the election of Indigenous women to public office constitutes a decisive mechanism through which racist foundational laws are challenged and reconfigured within the Brazilian state. Figures such as Sônia Guajajara, Joenia Wapichana, and Célia Xakriabá through their advocacy on social media have compelled unprecedented policy shifts. These include the creation of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, the ratification of Indigenous territories, and the proposal of laws specifically addressing violence against Indigenous women. By situating digital mobilisation within broader histories of colonial violence, (fem)genocide, and epistemicide, the article demonstrates how Indigenous women's online political engagement operates simultaneously as resistance, governance, and epistemic intervention within contemporary Brazilian politics.