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Indigenous peoples' letter to the World Bank on the conduct of the safeguards review consultations

Joan Carling (AIPP) and various IPOs and NGOs

11 March, 2013


Dr. Jim Yong Kim
President
World Bank

March 4, 2013

Dear Dr. Kim,

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Declaration by indigenous women at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Various indigenous peoples' organisations

11 March, 2013

FIFTY SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
From 4 to 15 March 2013, United Nations, New York

Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Beijing, the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women, the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and declarations adopted by the Commission during the tenth and fifteenth anniversaries of the Fourth World Women,

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Submission into the World Bank Safeguard review process by Indigenous Peoples’ organisations and institutions

Various IPOS and NGOs

26 September, 2012

A submission into the World Bank Safeguard review process by Indigenous Peoples’ organisations and institutions. The submission remains open for further endorsements, please contact Robie Halip at AIPP for further information: robie@aippnet.org.

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Indigenous Peoples and support organisations' comments and recommendations on the modalities for selection, activities and role of observers and active observers in the Board of the Green Climate Fund

Joan Carling, Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact; Jen Rubis, Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia; Rudolph C. Reyser, Center for World Indigenous Studies; Francesco Martone, Forest Peoples Programme; Laura George, Amerindian Peoples Association; Tarcila Rivera Zea, CHIRAPAQ; Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education); Asian Indigenous Women's Network; Network of the Indigenous Peoples - Solomons

10 April, 2012

In response to a specific request by the Green Climate Fund Secretariat, Indigenous Peoples and support organisations have submitted their comments and recommendations on the modalities for selection, activities and role of observers and active observers in the Board of the Green Climate Fund - See Letter. Specific operational details are provided in the response to the questionnaire (attached).

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Upcoming AIWN & FPP publication: Guide to CEDAW for indigenous women in Asia

6 June, 2011

Asian Indigenous Women’s Network and Forest Peoples Programme have developed a series of booklets addressing the human rights framework, the rights of indigenous peoples and the rights of women as enshrined in and protected by the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women. The booklets have been designed specifically to address the situations of indigenous women in Asia and include a detailed compilation of existing CEDAW jurisprudence related to indigenous women.

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Gender and land rights in Asia

18 February, 2011

29 indigenous women from 10 different countries across the Asia Pacific region met in Manila, Philippines, in November 2010, to discuss the challenges indigenous women and their communities face in relation to their land rights. The workshop was collaboratively held by the Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN) and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP). Land rights across the region, indeed the world, are of central importance in ensuring that indigenous peoples are able to survive as culturally distinct peoples. Asia and the Pacific contain a huge array of circumstances for indigenous peoples, from indigenous majority countries like Fiji in the Pacific to countries in mainland Asia where indigenous peoples are not even recognized by their governments.

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Gender and land rights in Asia - Workshop Report, November 20-21, 2010

Asian Indigenous Womens' Network (AIWN) and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

4 February, 2011

Gender and land rights in Asia - Workshop Report

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