Human Rights
Pacific Indigenous Women’s Network (PIWN) Bears Fruit
Indigenous women throughout the world play a critical role in the transmission of traditional knowledge, peacemaking, and caring for our […]
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Women’s Rights and Environmental Justice
When it comes to supporting Indigenous women’s rights, we often face assumptions about how the word “feminism” clashes with cosmovision […]
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Land is Life Launches Indigenous-Led Security Fund in Sub-Saharan Africa to Address Growing Threats
Indigenous people in Africa are under increased threat, according to a 2019 Minority Rights Group International report. Numerous Indigenous communities […]
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IFIP Funder Briefs to Resource Indigenous Defenders
This year IFIP launched three briefs for funders on Indigenous defenders in Russia, Latin America and the Pacific Islands. We […]
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Indigenous Fund Lead the Way to Decolonize Philanthropy
Institutional philanthropy, in a nutshell, is a Western construct. Often it can seem transactional, likened to a business deal when […]
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Brazil’s Political Crisis Places Indigenous Rights at the Crossroads
The election of the extreme right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro to Brazil’s presidency represents a profound setback for human rights and […]
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Reimagining Renewable Energy: Indigenous Peoples Driving Solutions
We need to understand the realities on the ground in relation to renewable energy. It’s about human rights and true […]
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Decolonizing Climate Finance: Listening to Indigenous Communities Protecting Earth’s Lungs
“As Indigenous Peoples and members of local communities from the Amazon, Mesoamerica, Indonesia and Brazil, we are the ancestral protectors […]
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Indigenous Territories a New Way Forward with Funders
“We are not small islands. We are a vast oceanscape,” said Maureen Penjueli at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples’ […]
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Beaver Lake Cree Bring the Power of the Sun to Tar Sands Ground Zero
When you live in the middle of the biggest sacrifice zone on Earth, how do you keep up your spirit? […]
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