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Resources

We recommend the following resources, a number of which were utilized in the preparation of this issue brief, as good sources for further learning on the subject of indigenous women.

In addition, there are regional indigenous women's networks that focus on specific issues and action in their regions of the world. For example, the Asian Indigenous Women's Network Web site (www.asianindigenouswomen.org) contains news and publications relevant for indigenous women in that region. The Continental Network of Indigenous Women (ENLACES) also has a Web site (http://enlacemujeresindigenas.org/ing). Finally,indigenous women from around the world have formed the Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (http://www.nciv.net/engels/IWBN/IWBN.htm) to ensure that indigenous women's voices and concerns are heard at international environmental forums. The latter is co-organized by the African Indigenous Women's Organisation and the Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples.

International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF/FIMI)

The International Indigenous Women's Forum (best known as FIMI, by its Spanish initials) is a network of indigenous women leaders from Asia, Africa and the Americas. FIMI's mission is to bring together indigenous women activists, leaders and human rights promoters from different parts of the world to coordinate agendas, build unity, develop leadership and advocacy skills, increase indigenous women's role in international decision-making processes and advance women's human rights.

                 

“Declaration of the International Indigenous Women's Forum.” 2000.

Available online at: http://www.indigenouswomensforum.org/b5declaration.html

                 

MADRE: An International Human Right’s Organization

MADRE uses human rights to advance social, environmental and economic justice, understanding that human rights are not a hierarchy, but an indivisible set of standards for all people to enjoy. .

The MADRE Medical Project

Available online at: http://www.madre.org/programs/ha/medicalproject.html

“Working to End Violence Against Indigenous Women.”

Available online at: http://www.madre.org/articles/int/vaiw206.html

United Nations

“Indigenous Women: Taking Control of Their Destiny.” United Nations Department of Public Information. Available online at: http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/indigens/dpi1717e.htm

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.” October 2007.

Available online at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/declaration.html

                 

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Indigenous people around the world have sought recognition of their identities, their ways of life and their right to traditional lands and resources; yet throughout history, their rights have been violated. Indigenous people are arguably among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people in the world today. The international community now recognizes that special measures are required to protect the rights of the world's indigenous people. In 1982 the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights was established by a decision of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Available online at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/index.html

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Indigenous Women: An Overview

World Neighbors and Indigenous Women in Guatemala

A WOW! e-Brief

Work of Women program @ World Neighbors

January 2008

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