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Brazil urged to step up search for missing journalist and indigenous activist |

·June 10, 2022·1 min read

Dom Phillips, a regular contributor to The Guardian, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, an employee with the Brazilian indigenous affairs agency, went missing in the Javari Valley, a major indigenous territory located in the western Amazon near Peru and Colombia. 🇧🇷#Brazil: Concerns about lack of information on missing journalist Dom Phillips...

Violence against indigenous women, ‘legacy of colonialism’ rooted in racism |

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·June 23, 2022·1 min read

“This violence is rooted in historic and unequal patriarchal power structures, racism, exclusion, and marginalization enabled by a legacy of colonialism,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Reem Alsalem, on Tuesday. Stem ‘alarming’ impunity Meanwhile, perpetrators continue to go free, without consequences. “The level of impunity…both State...

A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women |

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·July 16, 2022·4 min read

Venezuela has suffered a widespread decline in public services, such as electricity, domestic gas supplies, and public transportation in recent years. This crisis has driven some members of the indigenous communities on Venezuela’s western border with Colombia, including Río Negro, to make frequent border crossings to purchase basic goods, including...

Kenya: UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples |

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·July 19, 2022·2 min read

The historic ruling follows a landmark judgment delivered by the Court on 26 May 2017, finding that the Government of Kenya had violated the right to life, property, natural resources, development, religion and culture of the Ogiek, under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ‘Important step’ “This judgment...

Indigenous women’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day |

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·August 9, 2022·4 min read

His appeal comes in a message to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed annually on 9 August. This year the focus is on the role indigenous women have in preserving and passing on traditional knowledge. Cultural champions “Indigenous women are knowledge keepers of traditional food systems...

UN launches 10-year survival plan for endangered indigenous languages

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·December 17, 2022·4 min read

On Friday, the UN launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to help them survive, and protect them from extinction. The Organization has long advocated for indigenous peoples, who are the inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. A benefit for all ...

Colombia: UN mission to verify rural reform and indigenous representation in peace process

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·January 12, 2023·2 min read

Carlos Ruiz Massieu welcomed recent Government actions on rural reform and greater equality, in line with the 2016 Peace Agreement between the Government and the FARC EP militia group that ended five decades of civil war. “The Council’s decision today to authorize the expansion of the Mission’s mandate to include...

‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence

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·January 21, 2023·3 min read

In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not uncommon. “As a leader, I have experienced many things,” says Lutana Ribeiro, a member of the Kokama ethnic group, and the only female chief in Parque das Tribos, which is...

INTERVIEW: Knowledge of indigenous peoples can promote harmony with Earth

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·April 18, 2023·5 min read

Dario Jose Mejia Montalvo, Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Leader of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia. Many indigenous peoples profess a deep respect for the planet and all forms of life, and an understanding that the health of the Earth goes hand in hand with...

First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet

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·April 22, 2023·2 min read

“For indigenous peoples, the land, the forest, water, is life. We depend on the natural environment, and we care for our surroundings. Managing natural resources is a strong part of our way of life. For example, the way we use rotational farming, avoiding monocultures by planting several different many different...

Indigenous Day celebrates youth shaping a sustainable tomorrow

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·August 9, 2023·1 min read

As many young Indigenous People are engaging in climate action, human rights and cultural conservation, the message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres resonates loudly – this year, it’s all about the youth. “We celebrate young Indigenous Peoples, and their role in creating change and shaping the future,” he said in...

Philippines: Indigenous knowledge takes on climate crisis

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·September 4, 2023·3 min read

Local tribal leader Jemuel Perino discussed the success of local initiatives, supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Adaption Fund Climate Change Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA), in educating his community on effective prevention and mitigation techniques to deal with the growing impacts of climate change. “The indigenous cultural communities have their...