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International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
IWGIA - the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
Since 1968, IWGIA has cooperated with Indigenous Peoples' organisations and international institutions to promote the recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. IWGIA works to empower Indigenous Peoples through documentation, capacity development and advocacy on a local, regional and international level. To achieve our mission we provide documentation, support advocacy and empower indigenous peoples’ organisations and institutions via global partnerships.
IWGIA was founded in 1968 by anthropologists alarmed about the ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples taking place in the Amazon. The aim was to establish a network of researchers and human right activists to document the situation of Indigenous Peoples and advocate for an improvement of their rights.
Today Indigenous Peoples from all over the world are involved in IWGIA's global network. Still, the key drivers for change in our work are documentation, empowerment and advocacy.
Phone: (+45) 53 73 28 30
Address: Prinsessegade 29 B, 3rd floor, DK 1422 Copenhagen, Denmark
Since 1968, IWGIA has cooperated with Indigenous Peoples' organisations and international institutions to promote the recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. IWGIA works to empower Indigenous Peoples through documentation, capacity development and advocacy on a local, regional and international level. To achieve our mission we provide documentation, support advocacy and empower indigenous peoples’ organisations and institutions via global partnerships.
IWGIA was founded in 1968 by anthropologists alarmed about the ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples taking place in the Amazon. The aim was to establish a network of researchers and human right activists to document the situation of Indigenous Peoples and advocate for an improvement of their rights.
Today Indigenous Peoples from all over the world are involved in IWGIA's global network. Still, the key drivers for change in our work are documentation, empowerment and advocacy.
Phone: (+45) 53 73 28 30
Address: Prinsessegade 29 B, 3rd floor, DK 1422 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Many of the reports in this year’s edition also note the drastic ramifications COVID-19 and skyrocketing living costs have had on Indigenous Peoples worldwide throughout 2022, including food insecurity and hunger, declining incomes and increased crime rates. Furthermore, national efforts aimed at economic recovery, and at addressing the energy crisis, have had negative consequences for Indigenous Peoples as the pressure of natural resource extraction on their lands has increased.
Much of the world began to open up in 2022 as the effects of COVID-19 abated and humanity’s protection against the virus increased but it began to grapple with a number of other factors that have led to 2022 being, in many ways, a more difficult year than 2021. Russia’s war on Ukraine and a food crisis of unprecedented proportions, alongside prolonged and deadly droughts and other effects of climate change, have been exponentially harming those on the most marginal fringes of society, including Indigenous Peoples.
The achievements of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are currently in peril, with major challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate and biodiversity crises, ever growing economic inequality and armed conflict. In fact, the 2030 target to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is looking increasingly out of reach, which was apparent in the UN Secretary General’s comments at the 2022 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) where he called on States to rescue the SDGs.
As a tragic paradox, in the race to address these global crises, many top-down initiatives, albeit well-meaning, have failed to engage Indigenous Peoples, obtain their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), or safeguard their rights. This has had negative consequences for Indigenous Peoples, including mass evictions, violent attacks and threats, detentions and arrests and, at the very worst, killings.
Muchos de los artĂculos de esta ediciĂłn tambiĂ©n exponen las drásticas ramificaciones que el COVID-19 y los altos costos de vida han tenido para los pueblos indĂgenas del mundo entero durante todo el 2022, incluidas la inseguridad alimentaria y la hambruna, la disminuciĂłn de los ingresos y el aumento del Ăndice de criminalidad. Asimismo, los esfuerzos nacionales para recuperar la economĂa y abordar la crisis energĂ©tica han tenido consecuencias negativas para los pueblos indĂgenas ya que ha aumentado la presiĂłn de la extracciĂłn de recursos naturales en sus tierras.
La mayor parte del mundo comenzĂł a abrirse en 2022 dado que los efectos del COVID-19 disminuyeron y la protecciĂłn de la humanidad contra el virus aumentĂł. Por otro lado, se comenzĂł a lidiar con un gran nĂşmero de factores que hicieron que el 2022 fuera, en cierta forma, un año más difĂcil que el 2021. La guerra de Rusia en Ucrania y la crisis alimentaria de proporciones sin precedentes, junto con las prolongadas y mortales sequĂas y otros efectos del cambio climático, han dañado de manera exponencial a aquellos que se encuentran en los márgenes de la sociedad, incluidos los pueblos indĂgenas.
Los logros de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible se encuentran actualmente en peligro. Muchos de los desafĂos surgen de la pandemia de COVID-19, las crisis climáticas y de biodiversidad, la creciente inequidad econĂłmica y los conflictos armados. De hecho, el propĂłsito a alcanzar segĂşn los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se ve cada vez más lejano, lo cual pudo apreciarse en los comentarios del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas durante el Foro PolĂtico de Alto Nivel 2022, donde llamĂł a los Estados a reflotar los ODS.
Como una trágica paradoja, al intentar abordar estas crisis globales, muchas de las iniciativas que se tomaron, aunque bien intencionadas, no han hecho partĂcipes a los pueblos indĂgenas, ni han obtenido su consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI), ni han salvaguardado sus derechos. Esto ha tenido consecuencias negativas para los pueblos indĂgenas como desalojos masivos, ataques y amenazas violentas, detenciones y arrestos, y en los casos más extremos, asesinatos.
De hecho, la pandemia ha puesto de relieve y ha agravado las numerosas desigualdades preexistentes ante las cuales se enfrentan los pueblos indĂgenas, segĂşn lo señalĂł el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones IndĂgenas de la ONU en su 20.o perĂodo de sesiones, celebrado en abril de 2021. Además, el Foro indicĂł que esta desigualdad era especialmente notable en el caso de las mujeres y las niñas indĂgenas, quienes aun antes de la pandemia ya se habĂan quedado atrás y ahora están todavĂa más rezagadas.
Las mujeres indĂgenas desempeñan una funciĂłn crucial en sus comunidades como sostĂ©n de la familia, cuidadoras, guardianas del conocimiento, lideresas y defensoras de los derechos humanos. Si bien han logrado pequeños pero significativos avances en cuanto a su participaciĂłn en los procesos de toma de decisiones en algunas comunidades, han conseguido ocupar puestos de liderazgo en funciones comunales y nacionales y han estado en la primera lĂnea de las protestas para defender sus tierras y la biodiversidad, la realidad es que las mujeres indĂgenas siguen estando enormemente subrepresentadas, se ven desproporcionadamente afectadas por las decisiones que se toman en su nombre sin su valiosa contribuciĂłn, y con demasiada frecuencia son vĂctimas de violencia y agresiones sexuales.
Asimismo, continĂşan siendo objeto de discriminaciĂłn interseccional y de mĂşltiples expresiones de violencia de forma desproporcionada —en un mundo en el que una de cada tres mujeres es vĂctima de violencia1 —, y a menudo se las excluye de los procesos de toma de decisiones y de los puestos de liderazgo. La violencia contra las mujeres indĂgenas desencadena otros efectos negativos relacionados con su salud mental y fĂsica y disminuye su autoestima, lo que a su vez merma sus posibilidades de obtener ingresos y debilita su grado de participaciĂłn y su poder de decisiĂłn.
Lo que arroja el análisis y los informes de la ediciĂłn de este año de El Mundo IndĂgena es que la situaciĂłn de las mujeres indĂgenas en todo el mundo se ha mantenido inaceptablemente igual. En casi todos los continentes se observa que las mujeres indĂgenas ocupan una posiciĂłn respetable dentro de sus respectivas comunidades: se reconoce que mantienen unidos a sus pueblos, son las depositarias de conocimientos y las activistas que se alzarán para proteger sus tierras y salvaguardar la supervivencia de sus pueblos. Sin embargo, tambiĂ©n se observa que esa posiciĂłn rara vez va acompañada de derechos legales y poder formal.
En Laos, por ejemplo, apenas una cuarta parte de las mujeres indĂgenas están alfabetizadas, lo que contribuye a su falta de confianza para hablar el idioma y, por tanto, dificulta su capacidad para participar en reuniones pĂşblicas, además de que están sobrecargadas de trabajo domĂ©stico, infantil y comunitario. No obstante, precisamente gracias a esa labor son las que más tiempo pasan en los bosques y más conocimientos indĂgenas tienen en cuanto a la alimentaciĂłn, la nutriciĂłn y el estado de los recursos forestales. Pese a ese profundo conocimiento y a esa enorme responsabilidad, están subrepresentadas en el gobierno y en organizaciones no gubernamentales internacionales y locales y de la sociedad civil.
IWGIA recoge datos a travĂ©s del Navegador IndĂgena, un portal en lĂnea que proporciona acceso a un conjunto de herramientas desarrolladas por y para los pueblos indĂgenas con recursos basados en datos generados por la comunidad. A travĂ©s de las encuestas comunitarias y los procesos de promociĂłn del Navegador IndĂgena, las mujeres indĂgenas de todas las regiones han informado que se enfrentan a mĂşltiples formas de discriminaciĂłn; a la desigualdad salarial; a la violencia y al acoso, tanto dentro como fuera de sus comunidades; al acceso limitado a los servicios de salud; a la falta de reconocimiento de sus derechos sobre la tierra y a la participaciĂłn limitada en la toma de decisiones que afectan sus vidas.
In fact, the pandemic has exposed and aggravated the many pre-existing inequalities Indigenous Peoples come up against, as noted by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in its 20th session in April 2021. The Forum went further to note that this inequality was especially significant for Indigenous women and girls who, already left behind before the pandemic, are now even further behind.
Indigenous women play crucial roles in their communities as breadwinners, caretakers, knowledge keepers, leaders and human rights defenders. While Indigenous women have made small but significant progress in being part of decision-making processes in some communities, have risen to leadership in communal and national roles and stood on the frontline of protests to defend their lands and biodiversity, the reality remains that they are massively under-represented, disproportionately negatively affected by the decisions made on their behalf without their valuable input, and all too frequently the victims of violence and sexual assault.
Indigenous women continue to disproportionately face intersectional discrimination and multiple expressions of violence1 – in a world where one in three women experiences violence – and are often excluded from decision-making processes and leadership positions. Violence against Indigenous women triggers other negative effects pertaining to their mental and physical health and lowers their self-worth, thus lessening their possibilities of earning an income and weakening their level of participation and decision-making powers.
What the analysis and reporting in this year’s edition of The Indigenous World shows is that the picture for Indigenous women across the globe remains unacceptably much the same. Reflected across nearly every continent is the observation that Indigenous women hold a respected position within their communities, acknowledged as being the glue that keeps communities together, the repository that holds theirknowledge and the activist that will stand up to protect their lands and the survival of their peoples. And yet it can also be seen that such a position rarely comes with legal rights and formal power.
In Laos, for example, only around a quarter of Indigenous women are literate, which contributes to their lack of confidence in being able to speak Lao and thus hinders their ability to participate in public meetings, over and above the fact that they are already burdened with household, child and community work. Conversely, however, it is because of that work that they are the ones who spend most time in the forests and have the most Indigenous knowledge of food, nutrition and the status of forest resources. And yet, despite that deep knowledge and huge responsibility, they are under-represented in government and as staff of international and local non-governmental and civil society organisations.
IWGIA collects data through the Indigenous Navigator, an online portal providing access to a set of tools developed for and by Indigenous Peoples with resources based on community-generated data. Through the community surveys and advocacy processes of the Indigenous Navigator, Indigenous women across all regions have reported that they face multiple forms of discrimination, unequal pay, violence and harassment, both inside and outside their communities, limited access to health services, lack of recognition of their land rights, and limited participation in the decision-making that affects their lives.
Durante 35 años consecutivos, IWGIA ha publicado “El Mundo IndĂgena” en colaboraciĂłn con esta red global de autores. La publicaciĂłn es un resumen de los principales acontecimientos que han vivido los pueblos indĂgenas, poniendo Ă©nfasis este año sobre el cambio climático.
A lo largo de 2020, los pueblos indĂgenas fueron desproporcionadamente afectados por la pandemia de COVID-19 por, entre otras cosas, falta de acceso a servicios de salud adecuados, informaciĂłn limitada de salud en idiomas indĂgenas, falta de oportunidades de educaciĂłn virtual para estudiantes indĂgenas y cierre de mercados para la venta de bienes. Los pueblos indĂgenas demostraron su resiliencia estableciendo sus propias redes y soluciones, conectando comunidades para ayudar a transferir informaciĂłn y bienes, e implementando mĂ©todos tradicionales de protecciĂłn para mantenerse a salvo del virus y la intrusiĂłn de personas externas que potencialmente portaban el virus. No obstante, a medida que se propagaba la pandemia, los pueblos indĂgenas siguieron siendo perseguidos, amenazados, criminalizados y asesinados en sus esfuerzos por defender sus derechos, a veces bajo la apariencia de leyes de emergencia promulgadas para mitigar el virus, pero que tambiĂ©n permitieron que los derechos de pueblos indĂgenas fueron violados y sus tierras explotadas.
Los 62 informes de paĂs y los 20 artĂculos sobre iniciativas y procesos internacionales incluidos en esta ediciĂłn subrayan estas preocupantes tendencias. IWGIA espera que esta publicaciĂłn sea una herramienta de documentaciĂłn que inspire a la promociĂłn y protecciĂłn de los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
For 35 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2020. The Indigenous World 2021 adds not only documentation, but also includes a special focus on COVID-19.
Throughout 2020, Indigenous Peoples were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with, among other things, lack of access to proper health services, limited health information in Indigenous languages, minimal to no virtual education opportunities for Indigenous students and closure of markets for the sale of goods. Indigenous Peoples proved their resilience by setting up their own networks and solutions, connecting communities to help transfer information and goods, and implementing traditional methods of protection to keep themselves safe from the virus and the intrusion of outsiders who potentially carried it. Nonetheless, as the pandemic spread, Indigenous Peoples continued to be persecuted, threatened, criminalised and killed in their efforts to defend their rights, sometimes under the guise of emergency laws enacted to mitigate the virus, but which also allowed for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to be violated and their lands to be exploited.
The 62 regional and country reports and 20 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends. IWGIA publishes this volume with the intent that it is used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to promote, protect and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, worldview and resilience.
For 34 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments Indigenous Peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
For 34 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2019, making the book a go-to reference for anyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Indigenous World 2020 adds not only documentation, but also includes a special focus on climate change.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments Indigenous Peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
Los 66 informes de paĂs y los 17 artĂculos sobre iniciativas y procesos internacionales incluidos en esta ediciĂłn subrayan estas preocupantes tendencias. IWGIA espera que esta publicaciĂłn sea una herramienta de documentaciĂłn que inspire a la promociĂłn y protecciĂłn de los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather and shifting climate patterns, coupled with a global insatiable land rush, are increasingly straining the lands Indigenous Peoples have traditionally been caring for and defending. Throughout 2019, Indigenous Peoples also continued to be persecuted, threatened, criminalised and killed in their efforts to defend their rights.
The 66 regional and country reports and 17 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends. IWGIA publishes this volume with the intent that it is used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to promote, protect and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, worldviews and resilience.
The Indigenous World 2019 adds to the documented records, highlighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples while defending their lands and other natural resources. The 62 country reports and 13 reports on international processes in this edition underscore this global trend, and includes a special focus on Indigenous Rights Defenders at risk.
The book is the result of a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share their valuable insights and analysis. In this edition, 97 authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Middle East and the Pacific line-up the main events impacting the lives of indigenous communities in 2018, making the book a go-to reference for everyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of indigenous peoples.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool, that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments indigenous peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
Las crecientes tensiones entre los estados y los pueblos indĂgenas están llegando a un punto de inflexiĂłn y el Mundo IndĂgena 2019 da una prioridad especial a la situaciĂłn de Defensores de Derechos IndĂgenas en situaciĂłn riesgo. Los 62 informes nacionales y 13 informes sobre procesos internacionales en esta ediciĂłn subrayan esta tendencia mundial.
El libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo de colaboraciĂłn entre activistas y acadĂ©micos indĂgenas y no indĂgenas que voluntariamente comparten sus valiosos conocimientos y análisis. En esta ediciĂłn, 97 autores de AmĂ©rica Latina, ďż˝?frica, Asia, el ďż˝?rtico y el PacĂfico describen los principales eventos que impactaron la vida de las comunidades indĂgenas en 2018, convirtiendo el libro en una referencia obligatoria para todos los que deseen mantenerse actualizados sobre los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
The rising tensions between states and indigenous peoples are reaching a tipping point and The Indigenous World 2018 adds to the documented records, highlighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples while defending their lands. The 56 country reports and 13 reports on international processes in this edition underscore this global trend.
The book is the result of a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share their valuable insights and analysis. In this edition, 83 authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Middle East and the Pacific line-up the main events impacting the lives of indigenous communities in 2017, making the book a go-to reference for everyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of indigenous peoples. The 2018 edition is dedicated to the situation of the rights to lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples.
Las crecientes tensiones entre los estados y los pueblos indĂgenas están llegando a un punto de inflexiĂłn y el Mundo IndĂgena 2018 contribuye a los registros documentados, destacando el aumento de los ataques y asesinatos de indĂgenas por defender sus tierras. Los 56 informes nacionales y 13 informes sobre procesos internacionales en esta ediciĂłn subrayan esta tendencia mundial.
El libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo de colaboraciĂłn entre activistas y acadĂ©micos indĂgenas y no indĂgenas que voluntariamente comparten sus valiosos conocimientos y análisis. En esta ediciĂłn, 83 autores de AmĂ©rica Latina, ďż˝?frica, Asia, el ďż˝?rtico y el PacĂfico describen los principales eventos que impactaron la vida de las comunidades indĂgenas en 2017, convirtiendo el libro en una referencia obligatoria para todos los que deseen mantenerse actualizados sobre los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas. La ediciĂłn 2018 está dedicada al análisis de los derechos sobre las tierras, los territorios y los recursos naturales de los pueblos indĂgenas.
Many of the reports in this year’s edition also note the drastic ramifications COVID-19 and skyrocketing living costs have had on Indigenous Peoples worldwide throughout 2022, including food insecurity and hunger, declining incomes and increased crime rates. Furthermore, national efforts aimed at economic recovery, and at addressing the energy crisis, have had negative consequences for Indigenous Peoples as the pressure of natural resource extraction on their lands has increased.
Much of the world began to open up in 2022 as the effects of COVID-19 abated and humanity’s protection against the virus increased but it began to grapple with a number of other factors that have led to 2022 being, in many ways, a more difficult year than 2021. Russia’s war on Ukraine and a food crisis of unprecedented proportions, alongside prolonged and deadly droughts and other effects of climate change, have been exponentially harming those on the most marginal fringes of society, including Indigenous Peoples.
The achievements of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are currently in peril, with major challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate and biodiversity crises, ever growing economic inequality and armed conflict. In fact, the 2030 target to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is looking increasingly out of reach, which was apparent in the UN Secretary General’s comments at the 2022 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) where he called on States to rescue the SDGs.
As a tragic paradox, in the race to address these global crises, many top-down initiatives, albeit well-meaning, have failed to engage Indigenous Peoples, obtain their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), or safeguard their rights. This has had negative consequences for Indigenous Peoples, including mass evictions, violent attacks and threats, detentions and arrests and, at the very worst, killings.
Muchos de los artĂculos de esta ediciĂłn tambiĂ©n exponen las drásticas ramificaciones que el COVID-19 y los altos costos de vida han tenido para los pueblos indĂgenas del mundo entero durante todo el 2022, incluidas la inseguridad alimentaria y la hambruna, la disminuciĂłn de los ingresos y el aumento del Ăndice de criminalidad. Asimismo, los esfuerzos nacionales para recuperar la economĂa y abordar la crisis energĂ©tica han tenido consecuencias negativas para los pueblos indĂgenas ya que ha aumentado la presiĂłn de la extracciĂłn de recursos naturales en sus tierras.
La mayor parte del mundo comenzĂł a abrirse en 2022 dado que los efectos del COVID-19 disminuyeron y la protecciĂłn de la humanidad contra el virus aumentĂł. Por otro lado, se comenzĂł a lidiar con un gran nĂşmero de factores que hicieron que el 2022 fuera, en cierta forma, un año más difĂcil que el 2021. La guerra de Rusia en Ucrania y la crisis alimentaria de proporciones sin precedentes, junto con las prolongadas y mortales sequĂas y otros efectos del cambio climático, han dañado de manera exponencial a aquellos que se encuentran en los márgenes de la sociedad, incluidos los pueblos indĂgenas.
Los logros de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible se encuentran actualmente en peligro. Muchos de los desafĂos surgen de la pandemia de COVID-19, las crisis climáticas y de biodiversidad, la creciente inequidad econĂłmica y los conflictos armados. De hecho, el propĂłsito a alcanzar segĂşn los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se ve cada vez más lejano, lo cual pudo apreciarse en los comentarios del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas durante el Foro PolĂtico de Alto Nivel 2022, donde llamĂł a los Estados a reflotar los ODS.
Como una trágica paradoja, al intentar abordar estas crisis globales, muchas de las iniciativas que se tomaron, aunque bien intencionadas, no han hecho partĂcipes a los pueblos indĂgenas, ni han obtenido su consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI), ni han salvaguardado sus derechos. Esto ha tenido consecuencias negativas para los pueblos indĂgenas como desalojos masivos, ataques y amenazas violentas, detenciones y arrestos, y en los casos más extremos, asesinatos.
De hecho, la pandemia ha puesto de relieve y ha agravado las numerosas desigualdades preexistentes ante las cuales se enfrentan los pueblos indĂgenas, segĂşn lo señalĂł el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones IndĂgenas de la ONU en su 20.o perĂodo de sesiones, celebrado en abril de 2021. Además, el Foro indicĂł que esta desigualdad era especialmente notable en el caso de las mujeres y las niñas indĂgenas, quienes aun antes de la pandemia ya se habĂan quedado atrás y ahora están todavĂa más rezagadas.
Las mujeres indĂgenas desempeñan una funciĂłn crucial en sus comunidades como sostĂ©n de la familia, cuidadoras, guardianas del conocimiento, lideresas y defensoras de los derechos humanos. Si bien han logrado pequeños pero significativos avances en cuanto a su participaciĂłn en los procesos de toma de decisiones en algunas comunidades, han conseguido ocupar puestos de liderazgo en funciones comunales y nacionales y han estado en la primera lĂnea de las protestas para defender sus tierras y la biodiversidad, la realidad es que las mujeres indĂgenas siguen estando enormemente subrepresentadas, se ven desproporcionadamente afectadas por las decisiones que se toman en su nombre sin su valiosa contribuciĂłn, y con demasiada frecuencia son vĂctimas de violencia y agresiones sexuales.
Asimismo, continĂşan siendo objeto de discriminaciĂłn interseccional y de mĂşltiples expresiones de violencia de forma desproporcionada —en un mundo en el que una de cada tres mujeres es vĂctima de violencia1 —, y a menudo se las excluye de los procesos de toma de decisiones y de los puestos de liderazgo. La violencia contra las mujeres indĂgenas desencadena otros efectos negativos relacionados con su salud mental y fĂsica y disminuye su autoestima, lo que a su vez merma sus posibilidades de obtener ingresos y debilita su grado de participaciĂłn y su poder de decisiĂłn.
Lo que arroja el análisis y los informes de la ediciĂłn de este año de El Mundo IndĂgena es que la situaciĂłn de las mujeres indĂgenas en todo el mundo se ha mantenido inaceptablemente igual. En casi todos los continentes se observa que las mujeres indĂgenas ocupan una posiciĂłn respetable dentro de sus respectivas comunidades: se reconoce que mantienen unidos a sus pueblos, son las depositarias de conocimientos y las activistas que se alzarán para proteger sus tierras y salvaguardar la supervivencia de sus pueblos. Sin embargo, tambiĂ©n se observa que esa posiciĂłn rara vez va acompañada de derechos legales y poder formal.
En Laos, por ejemplo, apenas una cuarta parte de las mujeres indĂgenas están alfabetizadas, lo que contribuye a su falta de confianza para hablar el idioma y, por tanto, dificulta su capacidad para participar en reuniones pĂşblicas, además de que están sobrecargadas de trabajo domĂ©stico, infantil y comunitario. No obstante, precisamente gracias a esa labor son las que más tiempo pasan en los bosques y más conocimientos indĂgenas tienen en cuanto a la alimentaciĂłn, la nutriciĂłn y el estado de los recursos forestales. Pese a ese profundo conocimiento y a esa enorme responsabilidad, están subrepresentadas en el gobierno y en organizaciones no gubernamentales internacionales y locales y de la sociedad civil.
IWGIA recoge datos a travĂ©s del Navegador IndĂgena, un portal en lĂnea que proporciona acceso a un conjunto de herramientas desarrolladas por y para los pueblos indĂgenas con recursos basados en datos generados por la comunidad. A travĂ©s de las encuestas comunitarias y los procesos de promociĂłn del Navegador IndĂgena, las mujeres indĂgenas de todas las regiones han informado que se enfrentan a mĂşltiples formas de discriminaciĂłn; a la desigualdad salarial; a la violencia y al acoso, tanto dentro como fuera de sus comunidades; al acceso limitado a los servicios de salud; a la falta de reconocimiento de sus derechos sobre la tierra y a la participaciĂłn limitada en la toma de decisiones que afectan sus vidas.
In fact, the pandemic has exposed and aggravated the many pre-existing inequalities Indigenous Peoples come up against, as noted by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in its 20th session in April 2021. The Forum went further to note that this inequality was especially significant for Indigenous women and girls who, already left behind before the pandemic, are now even further behind.
Indigenous women play crucial roles in their communities as breadwinners, caretakers, knowledge keepers, leaders and human rights defenders. While Indigenous women have made small but significant progress in being part of decision-making processes in some communities, have risen to leadership in communal and national roles and stood on the frontline of protests to defend their lands and biodiversity, the reality remains that they are massively under-represented, disproportionately negatively affected by the decisions made on their behalf without their valuable input, and all too frequently the victims of violence and sexual assault.
Indigenous women continue to disproportionately face intersectional discrimination and multiple expressions of violence1 – in a world where one in three women experiences violence – and are often excluded from decision-making processes and leadership positions. Violence against Indigenous women triggers other negative effects pertaining to their mental and physical health and lowers their self-worth, thus lessening their possibilities of earning an income and weakening their level of participation and decision-making powers.
What the analysis and reporting in this year’s edition of The Indigenous World shows is that the picture for Indigenous women across the globe remains unacceptably much the same. Reflected across nearly every continent is the observation that Indigenous women hold a respected position within their communities, acknowledged as being the glue that keeps communities together, the repository that holds theirknowledge and the activist that will stand up to protect their lands and the survival of their peoples. And yet it can also be seen that such a position rarely comes with legal rights and formal power.
In Laos, for example, only around a quarter of Indigenous women are literate, which contributes to their lack of confidence in being able to speak Lao and thus hinders their ability to participate in public meetings, over and above the fact that they are already burdened with household, child and community work. Conversely, however, it is because of that work that they are the ones who spend most time in the forests and have the most Indigenous knowledge of food, nutrition and the status of forest resources. And yet, despite that deep knowledge and huge responsibility, they are under-represented in government and as staff of international and local non-governmental and civil society organisations.
IWGIA collects data through the Indigenous Navigator, an online portal providing access to a set of tools developed for and by Indigenous Peoples with resources based on community-generated data. Through the community surveys and advocacy processes of the Indigenous Navigator, Indigenous women across all regions have reported that they face multiple forms of discrimination, unequal pay, violence and harassment, both inside and outside their communities, limited access to health services, lack of recognition of their land rights, and limited participation in the decision-making that affects their lives.
Durante 35 años consecutivos, IWGIA ha publicado “El Mundo IndĂgena” en colaboraciĂłn con esta red global de autores. La publicaciĂłn es un resumen de los principales acontecimientos que han vivido los pueblos indĂgenas, poniendo Ă©nfasis este año sobre el cambio climático.
A lo largo de 2020, los pueblos indĂgenas fueron desproporcionadamente afectados por la pandemia de COVID-19 por, entre otras cosas, falta de acceso a servicios de salud adecuados, informaciĂłn limitada de salud en idiomas indĂgenas, falta de oportunidades de educaciĂłn virtual para estudiantes indĂgenas y cierre de mercados para la venta de bienes. Los pueblos indĂgenas demostraron su resiliencia estableciendo sus propias redes y soluciones, conectando comunidades para ayudar a transferir informaciĂłn y bienes, e implementando mĂ©todos tradicionales de protecciĂłn para mantenerse a salvo del virus y la intrusiĂłn de personas externas que potencialmente portaban el virus. No obstante, a medida que se propagaba la pandemia, los pueblos indĂgenas siguieron siendo perseguidos, amenazados, criminalizados y asesinados en sus esfuerzos por defender sus derechos, a veces bajo la apariencia de leyes de emergencia promulgadas para mitigar el virus, pero que tambiĂ©n permitieron que los derechos de pueblos indĂgenas fueron violados y sus tierras explotadas.
Los 62 informes de paĂs y los 20 artĂculos sobre iniciativas y procesos internacionales incluidos en esta ediciĂłn subrayan estas preocupantes tendencias. IWGIA espera que esta publicaciĂłn sea una herramienta de documentaciĂłn que inspire a la promociĂłn y protecciĂłn de los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
For 35 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2020. The Indigenous World 2021 adds not only documentation, but also includes a special focus on COVID-19.
Throughout 2020, Indigenous Peoples were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with, among other things, lack of access to proper health services, limited health information in Indigenous languages, minimal to no virtual education opportunities for Indigenous students and closure of markets for the sale of goods. Indigenous Peoples proved their resilience by setting up their own networks and solutions, connecting communities to help transfer information and goods, and implementing traditional methods of protection to keep themselves safe from the virus and the intrusion of outsiders who potentially carried it. Nonetheless, as the pandemic spread, Indigenous Peoples continued to be persecuted, threatened, criminalised and killed in their efforts to defend their rights, sometimes under the guise of emergency laws enacted to mitigate the virus, but which also allowed for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to be violated and their lands to be exploited.
The 62 regional and country reports and 20 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends. IWGIA publishes this volume with the intent that it is used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to promote, protect and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, worldview and resilience.
For 34 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments Indigenous Peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
For 34 consecutive years IWGIA has published The Indigenous World in collaboration with this community of authors. This yearly overview serves to document and report on the developments Indigenous Peoples have experienced throughout 2019, making the book a go-to reference for anyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Indigenous World 2020 adds not only documentation, but also includes a special focus on climate change.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments Indigenous Peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
Los 66 informes de paĂs y los 17 artĂculos sobre iniciativas y procesos internacionales incluidos en esta ediciĂłn subrayan estas preocupantes tendencias. IWGIA espera que esta publicaciĂłn sea una herramienta de documentaciĂłn que inspire a la promociĂłn y protecciĂłn de los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather and shifting climate patterns, coupled with a global insatiable land rush, are increasingly straining the lands Indigenous Peoples have traditionally been caring for and defending. Throughout 2019, Indigenous Peoples also continued to be persecuted, threatened, criminalised and killed in their efforts to defend their rights.
The 66 regional and country reports and 17 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends. IWGIA publishes this volume with the intent that it is used as a documentation tool and as an inspiration to promote, protect and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their struggles, worldviews and resilience.
The Indigenous World 2019 adds to the documented records, highlighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples while defending their lands and other natural resources. The 62 country reports and 13 reports on international processes in this edition underscore this global trend, and includes a special focus on Indigenous Rights Defenders at risk.
The book is the result of a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share their valuable insights and analysis. In this edition, 97 authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Middle East and the Pacific line-up the main events impacting the lives of indigenous communities in 2018, making the book a go-to reference for everyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of indigenous peoples.
The Indigenous World is a one-of-a-kind documentation tool, that offers a comprehensive yearly overview of the developments indigenous peoples experience around the world. The book also serves as inspiration to raise global awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples, their struggles, their worldviews and their resilience.
Las crecientes tensiones entre los estados y los pueblos indĂgenas están llegando a un punto de inflexiĂłn y el Mundo IndĂgena 2019 da una prioridad especial a la situaciĂłn de Defensores de Derechos IndĂgenas en situaciĂłn riesgo. Los 62 informes nacionales y 13 informes sobre procesos internacionales en esta ediciĂłn subrayan esta tendencia mundial.
El libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo de colaboraciĂłn entre activistas y acadĂ©micos indĂgenas y no indĂgenas que voluntariamente comparten sus valiosos conocimientos y análisis. En esta ediciĂłn, 97 autores de AmĂ©rica Latina, ďż˝?frica, Asia, el ďż˝?rtico y el PacĂfico describen los principales eventos que impactaron la vida de las comunidades indĂgenas en 2018, convirtiendo el libro en una referencia obligatoria para todos los que deseen mantenerse actualizados sobre los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas.
The rising tensions between states and indigenous peoples are reaching a tipping point and The Indigenous World 2018 adds to the documented records, highlighting the increase in attacks and killings of indigenous peoples while defending their lands. The 56 country reports and 13 reports on international processes in this edition underscore this global trend.
The book is the result of a collaborative effort between indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily share their valuable insights and analysis. In this edition, 83 authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Middle East and the Pacific line-up the main events impacting the lives of indigenous communities in 2017, making the book a go-to reference for everyone who wishes to be updated on the rights of indigenous peoples. The 2018 edition is dedicated to the situation of the rights to lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples.
Las crecientes tensiones entre los estados y los pueblos indĂgenas están llegando a un punto de inflexiĂłn y el Mundo IndĂgena 2018 contribuye a los registros documentados, destacando el aumento de los ataques y asesinatos de indĂgenas por defender sus tierras. Los 56 informes nacionales y 13 informes sobre procesos internacionales en esta ediciĂłn subrayan esta tendencia mundial.
El libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo de colaboraciĂłn entre activistas y acadĂ©micos indĂgenas y no indĂgenas que voluntariamente comparten sus valiosos conocimientos y análisis. En esta ediciĂłn, 83 autores de AmĂ©rica Latina, ďż˝?frica, Asia, el ďż˝?rtico y el PacĂfico describen los principales eventos que impactaron la vida de las comunidades indĂgenas en 2017, convirtiendo el libro en una referencia obligatoria para todos los que deseen mantenerse actualizados sobre los derechos de los pueblos indĂgenas. La ediciĂłn 2018 está dedicada al análisis de los derechos sobre las tierras, los territorios y los recursos naturales de los pueblos indĂgenas.
principalmente en la parte norte del paĂs y, a veces, se les llama pueblos indĂgenas “de tierras bajas”, mientras que Trio, Wayana y otros pueblos amazĂłnicos viven en el sur y se les llama pueblos “de tierras altas”.
dos dĂ©cadas, se ha producido un menoscabo constante de este marco jurĂdico y una considerable recentralizaciĂłn de Rusia, incluida la aboliciĂłn de varios territorios autĂłnomos indĂgenas.