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FIMI (International Indigenous Women's Forum) Women Completed a Successful Three-Day Seminar at Columbia University
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Starting February 2019, 21 indigenous women leaders from around the world started participating at the sixth annual Global Leadership School of Indigenous Women of FIMI, the International Indigenous Women’s Forum. The program lasts until May 2019 and focuses on human rights and international advocacy skills. It has a number of components: online, face-to-face classes, the three-day seminar at Columbia University, attendance of the annual session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and a monitoring process through FIMI’s virtual platform.

Book launch: Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the the book Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes. The book, written by Indigenous young authors from the seven Indigenous sociocultural regions, is the result of a collaboration between the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights.The launch will take place during the 18th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, on 25 April.
Expert Meeting on Indigenous Women's Rights in New York
Friday, March 15, 2019
The Expert Meeting aimed at supporting Indigenous women’s petition for CEDAW (the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) to adopt a General Recommendation on Indigenous Women. The Meeting, gathered about 40 Indigenous women from around the world, human rights law experts and solidarity NGOs, and was organized by MADRE, the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) and the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI).
Indigenous peoples’ rights to autonomy and self-government as a manifestation of the right to self-determination
Monday, March 11, 2019

“Nadie va darnos la autonomía; la autonomía no se da, se gana, a través la participación” [indigenous leader at the Mexico Workshop]

An International Workshop on this topic was held in Mexico City, March 11-13, 2019. Gathering some 60 participants from around the world, the workshop aimed at sharing and analyzing experiences among Indigenous Peoples, on the recognition and exercise of autonomy and self-government, as a manifestation of the right to self-determination.

2019 International Year of Indigenous Language is on!
Thursday, February 7, 2019

The International Year is an important mechanism dedicated to raising awareness of a topic of global interest and mobilizing different players for coordinated action around the world. In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/71/178) proclaiming 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, based on a recommendation by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. At the time, the Permanent Forum expressed concern that 40 per cent of the world’s estimated 6,700 languages were in danger of disappearing— the majority belonging to indigenous peoples.

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