Resources

The Forest Peoples Programme’s Gender Programme aims to amplify Indigenous women’s voices, stories, and contributions to their collective land rights movements, community governance, and self-determination. 

FPP spoke to Kichwa leader Marisol García Apagueño about barriers for women leaders, her participation in COP26 and COP27, and the importance of intercultural Kichwa women's workshops.

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Dr. David Boyd, is preparing a report on “Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment,” a right recognized in 2021 by UN Human Rights Council Resolution 48/13.

Community forests were first invoked during the reform of the 1994 forest law in Cameroon.

During the 3, 4 and 5 June the Fourth Gathering of Indigenous Women of San Martin took place in Moyobamba.

Between February 28 – March 3, 2022, the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP) and FPP organized a 3-day Indigenous Women’s Exchange at Chepkitale, Mount Elgon, Kenya.

Between February 28 – March 3, 2022, the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP) and FPP organized a 3-day Indigenous Women’s Exchange at Chepkitale, Mount Elgon, Kenya.

This short documentary highlights the work that Indigenous women are doing in Cameroon to safeguard their livelihoods, secure their territories, and to their develop leadership skills.  Co-created by FPP and created with Gbabandi, the platform for Cameroon's Indigenous forest peoples. 

Geneva, 29 March 2022 (Read on IIFB's website)

• Tues 15 Mar 2022
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Immaculata Casimero is a Wapichan woman and is a member of the Wapichan Wiizi Women’s Movement, as well as being Communications Officer at the South Rupununi District Council. She spoke to us about her work carrying out women’s rights workshops in communities, how the Wapichan peoples are affected by climate change, and how indigenous voices were represented at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

The UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP26) begins next week in Glasgow. COP26 comes at a critical point in the fight against climate change, and many Indigenous Peoples and Local Community (IPLC) representatives will be attending.

Mujeres kichwa se reunieron en julio para compartir proyectos comunes en torno al territorio y el buenvivir en sus comunidades. A través de herramientas ludopedagógicas, se han identificado los objetivos que comparten las mujeres en la lucha por su territorio ancestral

Global finance for biodiversity has grown significantly over the past 10 years and is now estimated at between US$78 billion and $147 billion per year.

Cylene France has been appointed as the new acting director of the office of the Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname (VIDS). This is an exciting development towards to new generation leadership.

MEDIA BRIEFING: FEBRUARY 18, 2021, 10:00-11:30 AM ET / 3:00 PM GMT

Collaborating with the district hospital and the police, the SRDC embarked on several activities to protect their communities. They worked with communities to educate and raise awareness to ensure that Wapichan people across the 21 villages have up-to-date and accurate information about the pandemic; they blocked 15 illegal border crossings between Guyana and Brazil; and they monitored checkpoints and gates into Wapichan territory.

As news of vaccines begins to emerge, signalling at least the beginning of the end of the pandemic that has so altered our ways of living this year, we offer this report as a contribution to understanding the impact of COVID-19 on indigenous and tribal peoples.

Killings, torture, sexual and physical violence and intimidation have no place in conservation

• A report commissioned due to intense media pressure reveals systemic problems resulting in viol

The result of a collective and community-led data-gathering exercise relying on the Indigenous Navigator framework and tools, this report identifies and discusses the experiences, needs, concerns and aspirations of indigenous women in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.