Parliaments play a central role in enacting legislation that recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights and adopting budgetary measures to implement those rights, both of which are critical enablers t…
The report features the case studies of nine grassroots women human rights defenders working to protect the environment, human rights, and gender equality in Indonesia and the Philippines. The case…
I am delighted to see that the journey of indigenous women movement for 18 years (1999-2017) is finally documented. it is not perfect one, but at least we have started. it was born out of a desire …
Deklarasi mengenai hak-hak indigenous peoples merupakan salah satu dokumen HAM baru, yang diterima PBB pada tanggal 13 September 2007 dalam tingkatan soft law yang tidak memiliki kekuatan hukum men…
A starting point of defining culture is thinking about the beliefs, knowledge and behaviours that people have in common. However, individuals from a cultural group, or a community within it, do not…
The study is aimed at strengthening the affirmative actions of local indigenous women leaders and their organizations. This is done through a framework where the local indigenous women leaders are …
Half a millennium ago the peoples indigenous to the continents now called North and South America began to experience change, a kind of change they had not experienced before. Europeans arrived and…
When the African Biodiversity Network and the Gaia Foundation came to AWDF with the idea of a report on Africanwomen and seed, our team was intrigued and delighted. As African women, many of us had…
This book reveals that the majority of South East Asian countries already have plural legal systems and to some extent custom is recognized as a source of rights in the constitutions and laws of a …
It is within this context that the conference was organized in order to bring together rural and indigenous women and their advocates to consider the phenomenon of globalization and to highlight th…