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This year’s observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction is dedicated to the power of traditional, indigenous and local knowledge.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Disaster…
| Indigenous Peoples
Over the past two decades, international efforts have been made to improve the rights of indigenous peoples, to bring awareness to their issues, including their engagement in developing policy and programmes in order to improve their livelihoods.…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
What are the challenges to indigenous peoples health? How can the international community help indigenous people access health care services?
A special event was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 10 August to discuss these issues; the…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
What are the challenges to indigenous peoples health? How can the international community help indigenous people access health care services?
A special event was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 10 August to discuss these issues; the…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
What are the challenges to indigenous peoples health? How can the international community help indigenous people access health care services?
A special event was held at the United Nations Headquarters on 10 August to discuss these issues; the…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication
9 August 2015 marked the annual celebration of the International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples. This day presented opportunities to the international community to commit to do more to improve the health and well-being of indigenous peoples, who…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication
9 August 2015 marked the annual celebration of the International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples. This day presented opportunities to the international community to commit to do more to improve the health and well-being of indigenous peoples, who…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be celebrated on 10 August 2015 in the ECOSOCC Chamber from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be celebrated on 10 August 2015 in the ECOSOCC Chamber from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues…
| Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples will be celebrated on 10 August 2015 in the ECOSOCC Chamber from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues…
| Indigenous Peoples
For Nepal’s Chepang people, an indigenous group living in the Himalaya foothills, poverty and marginalization remain a daily reality. Chepang women are further marginalized by low literacy rates, lack of access to health services, and scarce…
| Ageing, Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
Nearly a quarter century ago, the Education for All (EFA) movement was born in Jomtien, Thailand. Delegates from around the world signed the Declaration on Education for All, an historic commitment to “meet the basic learning needs of all…