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Ellen-Rose Kambel - January 2004
Indigenous women have long been subject
to multiple forms of discrimination. One form of recourse is the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women - one of the six core international human rights instruments.
A recent complaints procedure permits indigenous women, in certain
countries, to complain about violations of their rights. This Guide
illustrates how to gain redress.
| A Guide to Indigenous Women's
Rights under the International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
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| Guía sobre los derechos
de la mujer indígena bajo la Convención Internacional
sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación
Contra la Mujer |
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| Guide des droits des femmes
autochtones en vertu de la Convention internationale sur l'elimination
de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard
des femmes |
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News update
During its last session in May 2004, the UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues adopted the following recommendations
to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW):
12. Noting that the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women makes
no reference to indigenous women and that it does not take into
account the specific nature of thegender dimension of racial discrimination,
the Forum recommends that the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: (a)
Pay special attention to the issues related to maintaining the
integrity
of indigenous women and the gender dimension of racial discrimination
against indigenous peoples; (b)
Organize a meeting, in collaboration with indigenous women, UNIFEM,
UNESCO and UNDP, with the objective of beginning a process
to develop and adopt a general recommendation on indigenous
women, including women living under colonization.
50. The Forum welcomes the contribution
of a paper by DESA,Division for the Advancement of Women on the
work of CEDAW (E/C.19/
CRP.7) and recommends that CEDAW enhance its monitoring of
the implementation of the Convention regarding indigenous women, and that it prepare and adopt a General Comment
on indigenous women
with the full participation of indigenous women.
The Permanent Forum’s full report can be viewed
at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/news/news_3doc_secrt.htm
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