Columbia Mountain Times™: CHALLENGES FACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF ASIA SPOTLIGHTED AS UN FORUM CONTINUES 2014 SESSION

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Briefing on indigenous issues from left: Jiten Yumnam of the Meitei people of Manipur State, India; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, an Igorot from the Philippines and Raja Devasish Roy of the Chakma people in Bangladesh. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

CHALLENGES FACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF ASIA SPOTLIGHTED AS UN FORUM CONTINUES 2014 SESSION

Non-recognition and marginalization of indigenous populations of Asia, home to two-thirds of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples, and a growing concern of rising violence against indigenous women and girls surfaced at the mid-way point of the annual UN gathering of indigenous peoples around the world. Read more

Indigenous Forum opens with UN officials highlighting sustainable development agenda

Indigenous peoples must be a part of the ongoing process to define a global development agenda beyond 2015, United Nations officials said today, calling for explicit assertion of their collective rights as well as the promotion of traditional knowledge to tackle issues such as climate change, as the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues opened its 2014 session. Read more