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Para abogar aún más por los derechos de los indígenas de todas partes del mundo, Sobrevivencia Cultural, una organización basado en Cambridge, Massachusetts que lucha para los derechos de las personas indígenas, desarrolla una serie de radio innovadora para correr la voz de los derechos de los indígenas al Consentimiento Libre, Previo, e Informado (CLPI). Sobrevivencia Cultural produce y distribuye una serie de programas de radio sobre la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas para informar al pueblo indígena sobre sus derechos bajo la ley inter
On May 24, 2013, in New York City, FIMI (Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indigenas/International Indigenous Women’s Forum) presented two important Indigenous women leaders Mphatheleni Makaulule (VhaVenda) from South Africa and Dr. Mirna Cunningham (Miskita) from Nicaragua with the 2013 FIMI Global Leadership Awards.
On May 20, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII) commenced its 12th annual session. The UNPFII is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. The UNPFII was established by the UN in response to demands from Indigenous Peoples for a high level permanent body at the United Nations.
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is the principle that a community has the right to give its consent to proposed projects that may affect their lands, resources, livelihoods, and communities.
A Coalition of 50+ Indigenous Groups Host #Proud2BIndigenous Week during UNPFII
New York, NY
The World Bank has finally responded to pressure from NGOs, rights activists and grassroots groups calling on an end to financing for land grabbing projects that allow the leasing of huge tracts traditionally occupied by the world's poorest and most disenfranchised to make way for large-scale corporate agriculture projects. In their statement, released at the close of this week's World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Bank President Dr.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
