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Training Indigenous Women to Influence the Climate Struggle

BY ROCÍO YON, HORTENCIA HIDALGO & FRANCISCA CARRIL FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Institutional responses to the climate crisis, guided by negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have perpetuated gender, ethnic and territorial inequalities. This situation can clearly be seen in the barriers facing Indigenous women’s effective participation in decision-making. Given this failure, Indigenous movements and, Indigenous women in particular, are organizing to develop their own strategies for confronting the crisis, resisting extractivism and demanding environmental justice. These initiatives include training spaces in which to strengthen their struggles.

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A Pathway to Climate Resilience for Indigenous Communities in Tanzania

BY PAINE EULALIA MAKO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Indigenous communities in Tanzania face a myriad of challenges related to land rights, from land grabbing to environmental degradation. These communities work tirelessly to secure land and natural resources rights, aiming to strengthen their resilience against climate change. In this context, Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), an Indigenous Peoples-led non-governmental organization, promotes secure land tenure and climate resilience through innovative approaches.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Defenders Forge Solidarity Amid Rising Challenges

Across the world, Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Defenders (IPHRDs) face threats and reprisals for standing up for their rights, protesting violations, protecting their territories, communities, and the environment. In doing so they are far too often victims of violence, harassment, arbitrary arrest, forced disappearance, and worse, killings. And these threats are increasing.

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The Decolonizing Climate Policy Project

BY INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

Climate change's roots are deeply entwined with colonialism's legacy. As its devastating effects increasingly target Indigenous communities, we face an urgent imperative: to decolonize climate policy and amplify Indigenous-led solutions. This shift is not just ethical but essential, recognizing that those most affected often possess invaluable knowledge for addressing the crisis. By empowering Indigenous voices and traditional ecological wisdom, we can forge more equitable, effective responses to our shared environmental challenges.

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Joint Statement: Call for Urgent Action on Repeated Violence in CHT

We are deeply concerned about the ongoing violence and attacks on the Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Recent deadly attacks by Bengali settlers in the presence of state forces, in Khagrachari and Dighinala on 19 September, and in Rangamati on 20 September[1], have resulted in the deaths of four Indigenous persons (one in Rangamati and three in Khagrachari) and widespread arson attacks on Indigenous houses, businesses, and Buddhist places of worship. These events were ostensibly sparked by the alleged mob killing of a settler who was attempting to steal a motorbike.[2]

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