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Technology and Families

6-10 October 1998 -  Dublin,Ireland Report Background Paper

Family policies in Latin America: : A panorama of anti­poverty and work­family balance policies

This paper systematizes the most salient aspects of the situation of Latin American and the Caribbean countries regarding family policies, with a clear purpose of contributing to a better understanding of what has been achieved in the last decade and, most importantly, what are the main challenges the region is facing. More specifically, the paper analyzes the main advances and limitations Latin America presents on the implementation of family‐ oriented anti‐poverty transfers including a detailed revision of the main results obtained so far. Download Full Publication

Family-Oriented Policies for Poverty Reduction, Work-Family Balance and Intergenerational Solidarity

Different perspectives on well-being and development conceptualise and measure poverty in different ways. This publication analyzes the persistence of poverty that is relatively higher in certain groups of people and types of households and families. In developing countries these include single parent households, particularly those headed by women; migrant families; families living in rural areas and urban slums; and households affected by HIV and AIDS. Download Full Publication  

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples: First Volume

Indigenous peoples contribute extensively to humanity's cultural diversity, enriching it withmore than two thirds of its languages and an extrordinary amount of its traditional knowledge. There are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in all regions of the world. The situation of indigenous peoples in many parts of the world is critical today. Poverty rates are significantly higher among indigenous peoples compared to other groups. While they constitute 5 per cent of the world's population, they are 15 per cent of the world's poor. Most indicators of well-being show that indigenous peoples suffer disproportionately compared to non-indigenous peoples. Indigenous…

Official Documents

General Assembly Resolutions A/RES/69/159 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2014) A/RES/69/2 Outcome Document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (25 September 2014)A/RES/68/149 Rights of Indigenous Peoples (18 December 2013) A/RES/67/153 Rights of indigenous peoples (20 December 2012)
Press release: GA/SHC/4063 A/RES/66/296 Organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (17 September 2012)
Press release: GA/11283.
Adopted without vote.A/RES/66/142 Rights of indigenous peoples (19 December 2011) 
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Reports on MDGs and Indigenous Peoples

  The Millennium Declaration, signed by 147 Heads of State and Government, provided an opportunity for a renewed focus on indigenous peoples in the international development debate.  However, despite the MDGs many successes, the goals did far from address indigenous peoples' aspirations for human rights, equality and participation in the processes around the MDGs.   This has been documented in various publications: MDG Reports, CCAs, UNDAFs and Indigenous Peoples: A Desk Review 2010
AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH March 10 2010 | Adobe Acrobat (pdf) MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples: A desk review, No. 3, Feb 2008
AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH March 3 2008 | Adobe Acrobat (pdf) Desk…

Martínez Cobo Study

Study of the Problem of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations Final report submitted by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. José Martínez Cobo Introduction (30 July 1981) E/CN.4/Sub.2/476
10 August 1982E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2
5 August 1983E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/21

Chapter I:  Measures adopted by the United Nations E/CN.4/Sub.2/476/Add.4 Chapter II:  Action taken by the specialized agencies E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.1 Chapter III:  Action taken by the Organization of American States E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.2 Chapter IV:  Other international action E/CN.4/Sub.2/476/2/Add.5 Chapter V: Definition of indigenous populations E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/2/Add.6 Chapter VI: Composition of the…

Publications on Environment

Book Reef and Rainforest: An Environmental Encyclopedia of Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands (2005) |EN| Book Evolution of village-based marine resource management in Vanuatu between 1993 and 2001 (2004) |EN| Book Mayangna Knowledge of the Interdependence of People and Nature: Fish and Turtles (2010) |EN| Book Pastoralism and the Green Economy – a natural nexus? (2014) |EN| Publication “Environment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (2016) |EN| Report “Human Rights and the Environment” (June 2012) |EN| Technical Note ILO "Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work" (2016) |EN| Policy “UNEP…

Publications on Culture

Study on the role of languages and cultures in the promotion and protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples English - French - Spanish - Russian UNESCO World Heritage Review has featured a special issue in February 2012 focusing on “World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples No. 62” Publication “Environment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (2016) |EN| Publication “Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures – Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives” (2010) |EN| Report “Indigenous Knowledge in Global Policies and Practice for Education, Science and Culture” (2010) |EN|  …

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