indigenous women

Raising the voices and needs of indigenous women in Africa and Asia

18 Sep 2019 - 08:06

This exclusion translates into a continued spiralling reality that women’s concerns and women’s critical input are lacking and marginalised in policy making and community gov.

Bangladesh: Indigenous girls targets of rape and murder in Chittagong Hill Tracts

8 Jun 2018 - 01:58

The numbers speak for themselves: incidents of violence against indigenous women have been increasing every year, according to Kapaeeng Foundation.

Indigenous women target of rape in land-related conflicts in Bangladesh

15 Mar 2018 - 00:15

According to Kapaeeng Foundation’s latest research that will soon be published, only in 2017 an estimated 56 indigenous women were sexually or physically assaulted

CIFOR: Women’s participation correlates to equitable distribution of REDD+ benefits

26 Feb 2018 - 22:08

Researchers lead by Esther Mwangi (CIFOR) found a correlation between increased women’s participation and more equitable distribution of benefits across three countries.

COP 23: AIDESEP invites to participate in the event of indigenous peoples

7 Nov 2017 - 13:11

They will share alternatives about sowing and harvesting water, polycultures, recovery of traditional seeds, Full Life Plans and economies, live holistica management of...

Three key issues for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Peru

12 Oct 2017 - 11:51

Right to communication, protection of peoples in isolation and safeguards in REDD+ projects are three key issues for review in human rights that Peru will have in November.

Peru: Indigenous women to hold Third National Congress

19 Nov 2015 - 00:15

– More than two hundred women from the Andean and Amazonian regions of Peru will meet in Lima from 25 to 27 of November.