Voices from Remote Villages in Kenya: Access to Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

Written on 20 April 2026.

By Jane Meriwas for Indigenous Debates

Indigenous women in Kenya endure multiple forms of gender-based violence — from brutal female genital mutilation to child marriage and forced beadwork. Reporting abuse is further complicated by geography: the nearest police station may be 120 kilometers away, with no transport and no guarantee of being heard. To confront this reality, the Samburu Women Trust (SWT) established a center to support women in seeking justice. For the first time, women and girls living in remote villages can report cases, document violations, and produce evidence without traveling for days.

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Consultancy: Mapping of Indigenous persons with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics (SOGIESC)

Written on 14 April 2026.

IWGIA is announcing a research consultancy to conduct a study/mapping of Indigenous persons with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).

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Prisons and Colonial Continuities: Indigenous Women’s Experiences of Judicial Racism in Mexico

Written on 18 April 2026.

BY AÍDA HERNÁNDEZ CASTILLO & DANIELA MARCIA TREJO BIZARRO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Prisons and the criminalisation of Indigenous peoples play a central role in the persistence of a colonial project that continues to dispossess Indigenous Peoples of their lands, displace them, and incarcerate the most vulnerable sectors of their communities. The experiences of Indigenous women imprisoned in a high-security federal prison in Mexico illustrate the continuum of violence that shapes their encounters with the State and a racist, patriarchal justice system. These women have developed strategies of resistance by building a sense of community within a space that otherwise fosters competition and distrust among incarcerated women.

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Peacebuilding in the 21 Communities of Teopisca

Written on 11 April 2026.

By María del Carmen Pérez Díaz & Elisa Cruz Rueda for Indigenous Debates 

In the Highlands of Chiapas (Los Altos de Chiapas), in southeastern Mexico, Indigenous communities have developed their own systems of self-governance shaped by a history of forced displacement. Through these processes, they have established shared agreements aimed at preventing violence, resolving conflicts, and strengthening the conditions that make it possible to live with dignity. Peace is understood as a daily practice, built through dialogue and collective responsibility.

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