Title: Indigenous women and the United Nations system : good practices and lessons learned /
Authors: Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (United Nations 2004 :; United Nations.; United Nations.; Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (United Nations); Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.; Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (2004)
Publisher: United Nations,
Year: 2007
Subjects: United Nations Congresses.; Indigenous women Government policy Congresses.; Indigenous women Social conditions Congresses.
Abstract: Despite their enormous assets and contribution to society, indigenous women still suffer from multiple discrimination, both as women and as indigenous individuals. They are subjected to extreme poverty, trafficking, illiteracy, lack of access to ancestral lands, non-existent or poor health care and to violence in the private and the public sphere. The present publication contains cases submitted by the different UN agencies about their work with indigenous women in Africa, Asia and Latin America.--Publisher's description.
Contents: Indigenous women and the Convention on Biological Diversity -- Indigenous women and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -- Indigenous women and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- Indigenous women and the International Labour Organization (ILO) -- Indigenous women and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -- Indigenous women and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) -- Indigenous women and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) -- Conclusions -- Recommendations