From Data to Action: Community-Based Irrigation for Food Security among Maasai Women in Kenya

Written on 18 December 2025.

BY SAMANTE ANNE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Climate insecurity and drought are forcing Maasai men to migrate with their livestock, leaving women and their children alone. After conducting surveys, the Oltepesi community identified this problem and received support from the Indigenous Navigator to create an irrigation system through which to grow fruit and vegetables. As a result, the women are now producing food for the household and selling the surplus, which gives them economic stability. It allows them to send their children to school, laying the foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.

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The Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of EACOP on Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania

Written on 10 December 2025.

BY EDWARD POROKWA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,445-kilometre cross-border project, is designed to transport crude oil from Uganda's Lake Albert basin to the coast of Tanzania for international export. With a construction budget of US$3.5 billion and a planned capacity of 216,000 barrels per day, this project threatens the livelihoods of Indigenous communities, including the Maasai, Hadzabe, Akie, Barbaig, Sukuma, and Nyamwezi, across eight Tanzanian regions.

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The Indigenous Navigator: from Data Collection to Self-Determination

Written on 16 December 2025.

BY TORA JENSEN FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Indigenous Navigator is an initiative created to support Indigenous Peoples through data. Established more than 10 years ago, the programme has generated information from communities in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The survey process generates awareness of their rights in the communities and acts as a catalyst for collective reflection. This tool therefore provides people and their support organizations with access to systematized data that strengthens their capacity to claim their rights. True empowerment thus does not come through imposing solutions but through providing communities with the tools with which to define their own future.

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Ogiek celebrate Court decision: Kenyan government must “act without delay”

Written on 09 December 2025.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a judgment on 4 December in favour of the Ogiek, ordering the Kenyan government to “take immediate steps and act without delay” to fully comply with previous Court rulings.

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