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IWGIA Annual Report 2023

IWGIA Annual Report 2023
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 36
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Global
Release year: 2024
Release month/day: July

... 9 Indigenous women’s organisations and networks in 6 countries and at the regional level in Asia (read more in our Indigenous Women section on page 30); and engaging with partners in 18 international ...

Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: Indigenous Peoples are Being Targeted for their Lands & Natural Resources in India

Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: Indigenous Peoples are Being Targeted for their Lands &  Natural Resources in India
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 20
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: India
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2024
Release month/day: June

... (Chhattisgarh); Targeted sexual violence against Indigenous women especially during the conflict in Manipur; and Indigenous Peoples being the largest group of Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) ...

Joint Submission on the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

Joint Submission on the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh
Publisher: AIPP, Kapaeeng Foundation & IWGIA
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2023

... and policies, land rights, civil and political rights, social, cultural, and economic rights, women’s rights, and the implementation status of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 for the period, ...

Submission: Views from Parties and non-Party stakeholders on the elements for the consideration of outputs component of the first Global Stocktake - September 2023

Submission: Views from Parties and non-Party stakeholders on the elements for the consideration of outputs component of the first Global Stocktake - September 2023
Publisher: Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group & IWGIA
Author: Amnesty International, BioVision Africa, CambiaMO, CBM Global, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Dibeen Association for Environmental Development, EarthRights International, Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), FIAN International, GI-ESCR, Global Witness, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington DC, IBON International, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), International Disability Alliance (IDA), International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Minority Rights Group International, National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Natural Justice, Nuestra América Verde, One Ocean Hub, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), SwedWatch, WE-Women from Indigenous Nationalities (WE-WIN), and Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), all members of the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group
Number of pages: 10
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Global
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2023
Release month/day: Sep-23

... Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Natural Justice, Nuestra América Verde, One Ocean Hub, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), SwedWatch, WE-Women from Indigenous Nationalities (WE-WIN), and Quaker ...

IWGIA Annual Report 2022

IWGIA Annual Report 2022
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 36
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2023
Release month/day: July

... as inflation affecting many national economies, have harmed marginalised groups of society the most, including Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous women and girls. This is why we decided to focus on gender ...

Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and Self-government in the Diverse Americas

Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and Self-government in the Diverse  Americas
Publisher: University of Calgary
Author: Miguel González, Ritsuko Funaki, Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor, José Marimán, and Pablo Ortiz-T
Number of pages: 725
ISBN number: 9781773854649
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Latin America, América Latina
Financially supported by: IWGIA, JSPS-Kakenhi
Release year: 2023
Release month/day: June

The global activism of Indigenous Peoples and afrodescentents has been pushing for and bringing to public attention the right for self-determination, autonomy, and self-government. This has led to important ...

Input for the Thematic Report on Tourism of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Input for the Thematic Report on Tourism of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Publisher: IWGIA & AIPP
Number of pages: 9
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2023
Release month/day: March

Tourism projects are often designed and implemented without respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the right to self-determination; lands, territories and resources; free prior and informed ...

IWGIA & AIPP Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women 67th Session

Women 67th Session">IWGIA & AIPP Statement to the Commission on the Status of <span class=Women 67th Session" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA & AIPP
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: October

This written statement is respectfully submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women in response to the priority theme; Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving ...

IWGIA Annual Report 2021

IWGIA Annual Report 2021
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 34
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: June

... October 2021. We will seek funding for the implementation of the strategy to be able to support Indigenous women through this cross-cutting methodology. In 2021, IWGIA, together with 49 partners, achieved ...

Implementing UN Recommendations on Indigenous Women: Understanding barriers and enablers

Women: Understanding barriers and enablers">Implementing UN Recommendations on Indigenous <span class=Women: Understanding barriers and enablers" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: June

... States to improve the rights of Indigenous Women. The TB’s include the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), International Convention on the Elimination ...

The Indigenous World 2022

The Indigenous World 2022
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: General Editor: Dwayne Mamo
Number of pages: 848
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-49-4
ISSN number: 1024-0217
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Global
Financially supported by: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: April

... Peoples have experienced throughout 2021. The Indigenous World 2022 adds not only documentation, but also includes a special focus on the contribution and situation of Indigenous women and their rights ...

The Green Climate Fund in Peru: Indigenous organisations´ recommendations for improving safeguards

The Green Climate Fund in Peru: Indigenous organisations´ recommendations for improving safeguards
Publisher: Cocama Association for the Development and Conservation of San Pablo de Tipishca (ACODECOSPAT), Federation of Native Communities of the Corrientes River Basin (FECONACOR), Quechua Indigenous Federation of Pastaza (FEDIQUEP), Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation (GTANW), Organisation of the Indigenous Kichwa Amazonian Peoples of the Peru-Ecuador Border (OPIKAFPE), National Organisation of Indigenous Andean and Amazonian Women of Peru (ONAMIAP), Indigenous Peoples United in Defence of their Territory (PUINAMUDT), International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), and Peru Equidad Centre for Public Policy and Human Rights
Author: Tami Okamoto and Mario Zúñiga
Number of pages: 90
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-51-7
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Peru
Region publication is about: Latin America
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: April

This report provides an update on the Green Climate Fund’s investments in Peru and makes a series of recommendations aimed at overcoming its limitations about Indigenous Peoples safeguards. It highlights ...

Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis

Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis">Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against <span class=Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: March

... Indigenous women and girls more vulnerable to human rights abuses. Indigenous communities in Asia denounced how women and girls were forced to walk further and further out onto the land, and spend ...

Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls

Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls">Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against <span class=Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: January

... consequences including racism and systemic discrimination that also leads to much violence against Indigenous women. When the wider society view Indigenous Peoples as secondary citizens, the likelihood ...

IWGIA & AIPP Joint Submission to the Commission on the Status of Women 66th Session

Women 66th Session">IWGIA & AIPP Joint Submission to the Commission on the Status of <span class=Women 66th Session" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA & AIPP
Number of pages: 3
Publication language: English
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: December

There are numerous challenges for Indigenous Women in relation to climate change. Indigenous Women are more severely affected by the challenges to produce or collect sufficient food, or challenges of water ...

Written submission to CEDAW on the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls

Women and Girls">Written submission to CEDAW on the Rights of Indigenous <span class=Women and Girls" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 13
Publication language: English
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: June

With this written submission, the International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) seeks to bring forward the voices, perspectives and experiences of indigenous women and girls, particularly from ...

Assessing the Impacts of Advocacy Initiatives On Indigenous Peoples' Development Agenda in Nepal

Assessing the Impacts of Advocacy Initiatives On Indigenous Peoples' Development Agenda in Nepal
Publisher: LAHURNIP
Number of pages: 190
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Nepal
Financially supported by: IWGIA / European Union
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: May-03

... of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), National Indigenous Women’s Federation (NIWF); Youth Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Nepal (YFIN, Nepal); Nepal Indigenous Disabled Association (NIDA); Federation ...

Strong Roots: Understanding the Importance of Myanmar’s Indigenous Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions

Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions">Strong Roots: Understanding the Importance of Myanmar’s Indigenous <span class=Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Catriona Knapman
Number of pages: 60
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-01-2
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Myanmar
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: August

This book contains a series of essays predominantly written by Indigenous women from Myanmar. The essays show Indigenous women to be at the crux of climate change in Myanmar. On one hand, their daily ...

Dialogue and Self-Determination through the Indigenous Navigator

Dialogue and Self-Determination through the Indigenous Navigator
Publisher: The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Indigenous Navigator
Author: Romina Quezada Morales
Number of pages: 31
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Global
Region publication is about: Africa, Asia and Latin America
Financially supported by: European Union
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: Feb-02

... the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the International ...

Indigenous Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator

Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator">Indigenous <span class=Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Author: IWGIA & ILO
Number of pages: 57
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-09-8
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Denmark
Region publication is about: Asia, Africa, Latin America
Financially supported by: European Union
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: November

... of indigenous women in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The report sheds light on inequalities and intersecting forms of discrimination affecting indigenous women, which placed them in a ...

Territorial management in indigenous matrifocal societies: Case studies on the Khasi, Wayuu, Shipibo-Conibo and Moso peoples

Territorial management in indigenous matrifocal societies: Case studies on the Khasi, Wayuu, Shipibo-Conibo and Moso peoples
Publisher: FAO & IWGIA
Number of pages: 177
ISBN number: 978-92-5-132043-3
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: China, Colombia, India, Peru
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: July

Over the centuries, Indigenous Peoples have developed ingenious and dynamic ways of managing their constantly evolving territories while avoiding the depletion of natural resources. Some Indigenous lifestyles ...

Poverty measurement, social programmes and Amazonian peoples: A Peruvian case study with the Wampis people

Poverty measurement, social programmes and Amazonian peoples: A Peruvian case study with the Wampis people
Publisher: Centre for Public Policy and Human Rights – Perú Equidad together with IWGIA under the Indigenous Navigator
Author: Yaizha Campanario Baqué
Number of pages: 16
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Peru, Perú
Region publication is about: Latin America, América Latina
Financially supported by: This case study has been produced with support from the European Union, under the project “Making the SDGs work for Indigenous Peoples - Promoting indigenous peoples’ human development and social inclusion in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (GLO / 16/23 / EUR), which forms part of the Indigenous Navigator Initiative supported by the European Union.
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: Jan

Since 2016, the Wampis women have been demanding that the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) make changes to its social programmes to ensure they are geographically and culturally appropriate1 ...

Indigenous Women & Climate Change

Women & Climate Change">Indigenous <span class=Women & Climate Change" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA, Servindi, ONAMIAP, COHARYIMA
Author: Editor: Rocío Silva Santisteban
Number of pages: 154
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-00-5
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Latin America
Financially supported by: Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: January, 15

Against all the odds, and despite the challenges that climate change represents for Latin America, women are demonstrating day in, day out that they have the ideas and the unique and essential skills ...

Forest Management, Women's Rights and REDD+ in Myanma

Women's Rights and REDD+ in Myanma">Forest Management, <span class=Women's Rights and REDD+ in Myanma" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: POINT, IWGIA
Author: Julia Fogerite
Number of pages: 21
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Myanmar
Region publication is about: Asia, Asia
Financially supported by: NORAD
Release year: 2019

In Myanmar, women manage forests and depend on them for their livelihoods, but their tenure over these forests is insecure. Women often have distinct roles in managing forests as compared to men, and therefore ...

Rights to Respect amidst the era of Climate Change: Regional Learning workshop on IP Women and Customary Land Tenure

Women and Customary Land Tenure">Rights to Respect amidst the era of Climate Change: Regional Learning workshop on IP <span class=Women and Customary Land Tenure" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: POINT - IWGIA
Author: POINT
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Myanmar
Region publication is about: Asia, Asia
Financially supported by: NORAD
Release year: 2018

... part of POINT’s ongoing research on the role of Indigenous women specifically, who are vulnerable to climate change impacts but also have important contributions to make both within their own communities ...

The Place of Women in Naga Society

Women in Naga Society">The Place of <span class=Women in Naga Society" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: Christian Literature Centre, Guwahati
Number of pages: 328
ISBN number: 978-93-81758-43-4
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: India
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2018
Release month/day: March

Naga society is a casteless and classless society where, traditionally, women have enjoyed a high social positioning and a fair spirit of independence, playing very central roles in family and community ...

Customary Land Tenure: Case Study in Sar Pauk Village

Customary Land Tenure: Case Study in Sar Pauk Village
Publisher: POINT - IWGIA
Number of pages: 30
Publication language: English
Financially supported by: NORAD
Release year: 2017

... times (three days each trip) and spent 9 days in total in the village (in May, September 2015, and January 2016). The methods used in the study are group discussions (elders, women group, and youth), in-depth ...

Indigenous Women

Women">Indigenous <span class=Women" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Inter-American Comission on Human Rights
Number of pages: 151
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Latin America
Financially supported by: IWGIA, Danida
Release year: 2017
Release month/day: April 17

... symbolizes all the indigenous women of the Americas, while maintaining and valuing her individuality. She is one, yet at the same time all; her identity is what defines indigenous women collectively, that ...

Proceedings - Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD, 10 and 13 February 2017

Proceedings - Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD, 10 and 13 February 2017
Publisher: IFAD & IWGIA
Number of pages: 30
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International; internacional
Release year: 2017

THEME: ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN AND YOUTH About the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD Indigenous peoples around the world have repeatedly asked for a more systematic ...

State of Indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh: Issues at a glance

women and girls in Bangladesh: Issues at a glance">State of Indigenous <span class=women and girls in Bangladesh: Issues at a glance" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: Kapaeeng Foundation, BIWN & IWGIA
Author: Kapaeeng Foundation
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2016
Release month/day: jan-01

Indigenous women and girls are the most vulnerable group in Bangladesh. They face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination due to their gender, ethnicity, language, religion, class and geographic ...

The Unspoken Vice in Samburu Community

The Unspoken Vice in Samburu Community
Publisher: Samburu Women Trust (SWT), KIOS Foundation & IWGIA
Author: Samburu Women Trust
Number of pages: 41
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Kenya, Kenia
Region publication is about: Africa, África
Release year: 2016
Release month/day: jan-01

The Samburu are a Nilotic community who reside in Northern Kenya. One cultural practice among the Samburu community is Girl-Child Beading. This practice sanctions a non-marital sexual relationship between ...

The Indigenous World 2016

The Indigenous World 2016
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Compilation and editing: Diana Vinding and Cæcilie Mikkelsen
Number of pages: 553
ISBN number: 978-87-92786-69-2
ISSN number: 1024-0217
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: World
Financially supported by: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
Release year: 2016
Release month/day: April

This yearbook gives a global update on the current situation of indigenous peoples and their human rights and provides an overview of the main developments that have affected indigenous women and men in ...

Indigenous Heroines: A Saga of Tribal Women of India

Women of India ">Indigenous Heroines: A Saga of Tribal <span class=Women of India " class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Alma Grace Barla
Number of pages: 209
ISBN number: 978-87-92786-61-6
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: India
Region publication is about: Asia
Financially supported by: The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Release year: 2015

This book is dedicated to all the indigenous tribal women and men of India who have sacrificed their lives to protect 'Mother Earth', indigenous identity and culture; to martyrs of the freedom movement; ...

Secure and equitable land rights in the Post-2015 Agenda

Secure and equitable land rights in the Post-2015 Agenda
Publisher: Forest Peoples Programme, International Land Coalition, Rights & Resources, Global Witness, Landesa, Huairou Commision, Action Aid, Habitat for Humanity, GLTN, Millenium, Biovision, IASS Potsdam, Namati, iied, Oxfam and IWGIA
Number of pages: 8
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2015

... for girls and women that need education, income and voice. Secure and equitable land rights, particularly for those living in poverty and using and managing ecosystems, are an essential element of a ...

Indigenous Women in REDD+ Making their Voice Heard

Women in REDD+ Making their Voice Heard">Indigenous <span class=Women in REDD+ Making their Voice Heard" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP and IWGIA
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Financially supported by: The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Release year: 2014

Women – both indigenous and non-indigenous – have actively engaged in international and national REDD+ processes to raise their concerns regarding the potential negative impact of REDD+ on women, and to ...

Work Place Diversity in Aid Agencies in Laos

Work Place Diversity in Aid Agencies in Laos
Publisher: The Japanese International Volunteer Center, Oxfam Novib, The McKnight Foundation and IWGIA.
Author: Steeve Daviau
Number of pages: 62
Publication language: English
Release year: 2014

... in aid agencies in the country; whether indigenous women are now well represented; and whether aid agencies have made the addressing of these imbalances a critical priority, and if not, why not. The research ...

Marginalisation and Impunity: Violence Against Women and Girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Women and Girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts ">Marginalisation and Impunity: Violence Against <span class=Women and Girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts " class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC), IWGIA, and Bangladesh Indigenous Women's Network
Author: Dr. Bina D'Costa
Number of pages: 80
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Bangladesh
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2014

This report examines selected cases of violence against women and girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in 2011 and 2012. It also discusses relevant legal contexts and, based on four key principles, ...

Briefing Note - Post 2015 Development Process: Women

Women">Briefing Note - Post 2015 Development Process: <span class=Women" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA and Tebtebba
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 2014

Indigenous women face a range of problems related to the violation of their rights. This note focuses on the causes and how they can be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda. It has been prepared ...

Preliminary Report: International and Interfaith Solidarity Mission In Defense of Indigenous Communities Fighting Impunity

Preliminary Report: International and Interfaith Solidarity Mission In Defense of Indigenous Communities Fighting Impunity
Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 10
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Philippines, Filipinas
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2012

This report reflects on the outcomes of the International and Interfaith Solidarity Mission (ISM) in Defense of Indigenous Communities Fighting Impunity on 17-19 November 2012 at Malaybalay, Bukidnon, ...

Tilting the Balance: Indigenous Women, Development and Access to Justice

Women, Development and Access to Justice">Tilting the Balance: Indigenous <span class=Women, Development and Access to Justice" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 216
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2013

This report on the Southeast Asia Consultation on Development, Access to Justice and the Human Rights of Indigenous women is intended as a material to be used by indigenous women, advocates, policy-makers ...

Briefing Paper: Indigenous Women in Asia - Challenges in their access to justice

Women in Asia - Challenges in their access to justice">Briefing Paper: Indigenous <span class=Women in Asia - Challenges in their access to justice" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 36
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Thailand, Tailandia, Laos, Cambodia, Camboya, Philippines, Filipinas, Malaysia, Malasia
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2013

This briefing paper is prepared as part of the advocacy of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) for the respect, protection and recognition of the human rights of indigenous women. In this paper, the ...

Violence, Customary Law and Indigenous Women’s Rights in Asia

Women’s Rights in Asia">Violence, Customary Law and Indigenous <span class=Women’s Rights in Asia" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 24
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2012

... based on addressing problems through empowering indigenous women in traditional customary institutions. Values and gender relations of the dominant mainstream society which indigenous peoples are forced ...

Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls: A Complex Phenomenon

Women and Girls: A Complex Phenomenon"> Violence against Indigenous <span class=Women and Girls: A Complex Phenomenon" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP & Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Release year: 2013

... indigenous women and girls. Work being done by indigenous women’s organisations in Asia and around the world has increasingly drawn attention to the need for specific analysis and understanding to be established ...

Mining the WOMB of the Earth: Struggles of Indigenous Women against destructive mining

Women against destructive mining">Mining the WOMB of the Earth: Struggles of Indigenous <span class=Women against destructive mining" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP
Number of pages: 20
Publication language: English
Release year: 2013

This publication is a collection of stories of struggle of some indigenous women in Asia who directly face the negative impacts of mining. These testimonies have been shared earlier in the following ...

Silent Sacrifice - Girl-child beading in the Samburu Community of Kenya

Silent Sacrifice - Girl-child beading in the Samburu Community of Kenya
Publisher: Samburu Womens Trust and IWGIA
Number of pages: 43
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Kenya, Kenia
Region publication is about: Africa, África
Release year: 2012

This report describes pilot research conducted by the Samburu Women Trust (SWT), formerly known as SWEEDO), a community based organization located in Nanyuki, Kenya. The research focused on a practice ...

Samburu Girl Child Magazine, May - November 2012 - Issue 02: The Samburu Girl Child - The Killing Silence

Samburu Girl Child Magazine, May - November 2012 - Issue 02: The Samburu Girl Child - The Killing Silence
Publisher: Samburu Women Trust (SWT)
Number of pages: 16
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Kenya
Region publication is about: Africa
Financially supported by: IWGIA
Release year: 2012
Release month/day: Nov

Samburu Women Trust (SWT): The untold stories of women and girls in Samburu community http://www.samburuwomentrust.org/

Voices of Indigenous Women

Women ">Voices of Indigenous <span class=Women " class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: AIPP & IWGIA
Number of pages: 8
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Asia, Pacific, Pacífico
Release year: 2012

When discussing, planning and implementing sustainable development and environmental conservation project, a most important voice often tends to remain unheard: the voice of indigenous women. This despite ...

Beads of Bondage

Beads of Bondage
Publisher: SWEEDO and IWGIA
Number of pages: 15
ISSN number: The Samburu Girl Child Magazine, Issue 1, November 2011 - April 2012
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Kenya, Kenia
Region publication is about: Africa, África
Release year: 2012

This newsletter is an outcome of a project implemented by SWEEDO in Kenya. The project focuses on Samburu womens rights in relation to traditional practises. Indigenous pastoralist women in northern Kenya, ...

A Guide to the Human Rights Act - A booklet for children rights growing up in pastoralist communities

A Guide to the Human Rights Act - A booklet for children rights growing up in pastoralist communities
Publisher: Samburu Women Trust (SWT)
Number of pages: 20
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Kenya
Region publication is about: Africa
Financially supported by: IWGIA
Release year: 2012

... against owing to cultural beliefs. This unique vulnerability facing girls in Samburu community is a major concern to Samburu Women Trust (SWT). Their work and aspirations is to advance the rights of ...

Indigenous Affairs 1-2/09: Editoral - REDD and Indigenous people

Indigenous Affairs 1-2/09: Editoral - REDD and Indigenous people
Author: Sille Stidsen
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional

... from their homes were extremely violent, with several women being raped by policemen, and family units breaking up, with the result that some children were lost in the bush during the chaos and panic. ...

Uganda

... to address the historical disadvantages of children, persons with disabilities and women, is the basic legal source of affirmative action in favour of Indigenous Peoples in Uganda. The Land Law of 1998 ...

The Indigenous World Editorial

The Indigenous World Editorial serves to document and report highlights on the developments of Indigenous Peoples globally every year. As part of the Indigenous World publication, the editorial provides ...

Samoa

... in 1990, granting women the right to vote for the first time. In 2013, the Constitution was amended guaranteeing women five seats in the Fono. The Komesina o Sulufaiga(Ombudsman) Act 2013 expanded the ...

Nepal

... consent of the indigenous peoples in the municipality and warns of protests if the demands are not met. UNDP Nepal, in partnership with the National Federation of Indigenous Women (NIWF), has initiated ...

Myanmar

... on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), although until now it has not taken into account many of the respective recommendations ...

Mexico

... noted that 11.8 million people live in Indigenous households in Mexico, 5.7 million of them men and 6.1 million women. In terms of native languages, Nahuatl continues to be the most widely spoken, with ...

Kenya

... Discrimination (ICERD), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Racial (CERD) and the Convention ...

Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN)

... women worldwide, it would come to 28 million Indigenous women with disabilities globally.[3] The Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN) estimates that 45 million of these Indigenous ...

India

... in the forests were denied their rights and the tribes continued to live under the threat of an eviction in the name of forest and animal conservation. The situation of tribal women and girls in India ...

Guatemala

... lacks a differentiated statistical base on Indigenous Peoples, especially on Indigenous women, but it is well-known that there are disparities between the Indigenous and the non-indigenous population in ...

Global governance

... peoples are still not fully realised. The situation of indigenous peoples remains alarming in many countries: From land rights to women’ rights, indigenous peoples are highly challenged on the ground. ...

French Guiana

Indigenous Peoples in French Guiana French Guiana is a French overseas territory located in South America. It shares a border to the west with Suriname, along the Maroni River, and to the east ...

Defending the Rights of Indigenous Women

With their wisdom, energy and empowerment, Indigenous women are agents of change both in their own lives, as Indigenous women, and in the lives of their peoples, as members of their communities. They plant ...

Chad

... circles and even fewer could access the arenas in which the implementation of these decisions are planned. Education In 2010, the Indigenous organisation Women’s Association of Indigenous Fulani in ...

Canada

... in Canada are challenged by the slow implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, child welfare and violence against indigenous women and girls. In 2010, the ...

Botswana

... the Conventions on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), on the rights of the child (CRC) and on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (CERD). However, ...

Bangladesh

... Chittagong Hill Tracts region, the demilitarization and rehabilitation of the internally displaced. The situation of Indigenous women continues to be alarming. Sexual and physical attacks have become ...

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

... and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC). Despite having around 100 million people identifying as Indigenous in Southeast Asia,[1] Indigenous Peoples and human rights are “sensitive” ...

The Indigenous World 2024: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Women

The strategy adopted by the Indigenous women's movement to confront the structural inequalities they face in all countries of the world has been to walk together, collectively influencing strategic spaces ...

The Indigenous World 2023: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Women

The strategy adopted by the Indigenous women's movement to confront the structural inequalities they face in all countries of the world has been to walk together, influencing strategic spaces from the local ...

IWGIA & AIPP Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women 67th Session

Women 67th Session">IWGIA & AIPP Statement to the Commission on the Status of <span class=Women 67th Session" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA & AIPP
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: October

This written statement is respectfully submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women in response to the priority theme; Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving ...

Virtual event: Ending violence against Indigenous Women

... in Peru, 20:00-21:30 in Chiang Mai Violence against women and girls is a pervasive violation of human rights that persists worldwide  Violence Against Indigenous Women will be under consideration ...

Implementing UN Recommendations on Indigenous Women: Understanding barriers and enablers

Women: Understanding barriers and enablers">Implementing UN Recommendations on Indigenous <span class=Women: Understanding barriers and enablers" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 12
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: Global
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: June

... States to improve the rights of Indigenous Women. The TB’s include the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), International Convention on the Elimination ...

Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis

Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis">Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against <span class=Women: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 4
Publication language: English
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: March

... Indigenous women and girls more vulnerable to human rights abuses. Indigenous communities in Asia denounced how women and girls were forced to walk further and further out onto the land, and spend ...

The Indigenous World 2022: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Women

With their wisdom, energy and empowerment, Indigenous women are agents of change both in their own lives, as Indigenous women, and in the lives of their peoples, as members of their communities. They plant ...

Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls

Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls">Written submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against <span class=Women, its causes & consequences: IWGIA inputs to the Report on violence against Indigenous Women and Girls" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 5
Publication language: English
Release year: 2022
Release month/day: January

... consequences including racism and systemic discrimination that also leads to much violence against Indigenous women. When the wider society view Indigenous Peoples as secondary citizens, the likelihood ...

IWGIA & AIPP Joint Submission to the Commission on the Status of Women 66th Session

Women 66th Session">IWGIA & AIPP Joint Submission to the Commission on the Status of <span class=Women 66th Session" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA & AIPP
Number of pages: 3
Publication language: English
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: December

There are numerous challenges for Indigenous Women in relation to climate change. Indigenous Women are more severely affected by the challenges to produce or collect sufficient food, or challenges of water ...

Written submission to CEDAW on the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls

Women and Girls">Written submission to CEDAW on the Rights of Indigenous <span class=Women and Girls" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 13
Publication language: English
Release year: 2021
Release month/day: June

With this written submission, the International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) seeks to bring forward the voices, perspectives and experiences of indigenous women and girls, particularly from ...

The Indigenous World 2021: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Women

The international agenda for defending the human rights of Indigenous women seemed promising in 2020 given the Beijing +25 anniversary. We in the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI) were organising ...

Strong Roots: Understanding the Importance of Myanmar’s Indigenous Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions

Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions">Strong Roots: Understanding the Importance of Myanmar’s Indigenous <span class=Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: IWGIA
Author: Catriona Knapman
Number of pages: 60
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-01-2
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Myanmar
Region publication is about: Asia
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: August

This book contains a series of essays predominantly written by Indigenous women from Myanmar. The essays show Indigenous women to be at the crux of climate change in Myanmar. On one hand, their daily ...

Indigenous Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator

Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator">Indigenous <span class=Women’s realities: Insights from the Indigenous Navigator" class="publication-teaser">
Publisher: The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Author: IWGIA & ILO
Number of pages: 57
ISBN number: 978-87-93961-09-8
Publication language: English
Country publication is about: Denmark
Region publication is about: Asia, Africa, Latin America
Financially supported by: European Union
Release year: 2020
Release month/day: November

... of indigenous women in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The report sheds light on inequalities and intersecting forms of discrimination affecting indigenous women, which placed them in a ...
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