Indigenous Women Council (IWC) is a national women movement with more than 60 members organizations in29 counties, mostly arid and semi-arid lands. The membership includes diverse community leaders from pastoralists, hunter gatherers, fisher-folks, women living with disabilities and minorities communities. Indigenous Women Council convenes with an aim of amplifying collective voices at the national, regional…
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Every 9 August, 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982. Usually, SWT commemorates the Day by disseminating information about initiatives and activities related to the year’s theme. The subject matter for…
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Since women are frequently left out of decision-making and consultative procedures regarding the use of common land and resources, Indigenous WHRDs are targeted for questioning societal norms around gender roles and for daring to speak up against prejudice in their own communities. Indigenous women and WHRDs are often excluded or ignored from consultations with local…
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Along with the loss of land and resources, many Indigenous people around the world have experienced — and continue to experience — the destruction of their culture and languages. Most Indigenous women’s experiences do not feature in official histories, so it is important to register their voices now, from the perspective of their lens as…
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Indigenous communities in northern Kenya set the ground for the 2016 Community Land Act to be implemented. This is a strategy of securing their collective community land rights while simultaneously increasing the role of women in land governance. One of the most serious issues confronting Kenya’s indigenous peoples is the loss of their native lands…
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