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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…
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…
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…
24 July 2014 | Indigenous Peoples
Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chairperson, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
She is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Alaska Anchorage; Alaska Member of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Advisory…
13 May 2014 | Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples must be a part of the ongoing process to define a global development agenda beyond 2015, United Nations officials said today, calling for explicit assertion of their collective rights as well as the promotion of traditional…
30 April 2014 | Indigenous Peoples
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake travelled to Peru this week where he met with children, community members, government officials and civil society partners to see how education, health and social protection programmes are bridging the equity…
07 April 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…
07 April 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…
07 April 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, Women, Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…
12 March 2014 | Ageing, Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Women
Last Friday, 7 March, the Policy Strategy Group of the World We Want 2015 platform hosted its Seventh Interactive Session of its People's Voices Series. The “People's Voices” Series is an opportunity for people to showcase various points of view and…
12 March 2014 | Ageing, Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Women
Last Friday, 7 March, the Policy Strategy Group of the World We Want 2015 platform hosted its Seventh Interactive Session of its People's Voices Series. The “People's Voices” Series is an opportunity for people to showcase various points of view and…