Advocating for the Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in European Laws on Battery Regulation
In March of 2022, Cultural Survival’s Executive Director Galina Angarova (Buryat) and Director of Programs Avexnim Cojti (Maya K’iche’) traveled to Brussels, Belgium, to meet with Members of the European Parliament, environmental and civil society groups engaged in advocacy efforts around the new European Union battery regulation and the proposed horizontal due diligence law.
Land Rights Radio Drama by Radio Gurune
Innovative radio drama about Indigenous land rights, created for a local audience of Radio Gurune in Bolgatanga, Ghana based on Cultural Survival's radio scripts about Free, Prior, Informed Consent. Recorded in the tribal language Gurune.
Produced by Lydia Ajono and youth staff at Radio Gurune in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, Ghana.
UNPFII - The Climate Crisis Affects Indigenous Women Differently Naw Ei Ei Min
The first meeting of the Permanent Forum was held in May 2002, with yearly sessions thereafter. The Forum usually meets for 10 days each year, at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to the ECOSOC resolution E/2000/22, the Forum may also meet at the UN Office in Geneva or at such other place that it decides.
Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Naw Ei Ei Min
Image: Cultural Survival
We Crossed Mountains, Rivers, and Streams: Refugees in Asia
In this interview, Dev Kumar Sunuwar of Cultural Survival speaks with Mohammed Rofique, a member of the Rohingya community, who shares the powerful story of how his family was forced to flee their homeland in Myanmar. Rofique recounts the difficult and dangerous journey they undertook, crossing rugged terrain, dense forests, and treacherous paths in search of safety. Facing violence, uncertainty, and exhaustion, his family ultimately reached the border of Bangladesh, where they sought refuge.