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01 May 2015 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
From youth empowerment in Canada to protection of cultural heritage in Australia; from income generating activities in Cameroon to advocating about women’s rights in Papua New Guinea and in India - watch six exceptionally inspiring indigenous women…
20 April 2015 | Indigenous Peoples
The Permanent Forum was established by the UN in response to demands from indigenous peoples for a high-level permanent body at the United Nations.
The 14th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII14) will be held at UN…
10 April 2015 | Indigenous Peoples
As part of promoting the 20th Anniversary of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development and the adoption of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action, UNDESA Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) launched a yearlong campaign…
11 March 2015 | Indigenous Peoples
The Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) of UNDESA DSPD, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the International Forum on Indigenous Women (FIMI) will organize a side event on "Indigenous Women…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
10 November 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women
The road from Sitio Gawasan, on the Philippines island of Mindanao, to the nearest district health centre is a long one. Accessible only by foot or via bumpy motorcycle ride, the journey can take up to four hours – a trip few expectant mothers from…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women
The road from Sitio Gawasan, on the Philippines island of Mindanao, to the nearest district health centre is a long one. Accessible only by foot or via bumpy motorcycle ride, the journey can take up to four hours – a trip few expectant mothers from…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
21 August 2014 | Families, Indigenous Peoples
According to experts speaking at the opening of the 5th Regional seminar on agriculture and climate change organized by ECLAC and FAO, it is vital to acknowledge the traditional knowledge accumulated by family farmers and indigenous peoples, as…