A Long Road Ahead for Indigenous Women on International Women's Day
March 8th is International Women's Day-- a time to celebrate the many accomplishments of women, as well as to discuss strategies to further their empowerment and to achieve gender equality. Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) interviews Avexnim Cojti (Maya K’iche’) about the role of women in her community, and what needs to change in order for Indigenous women to finally occupy an equal position in society.
Challenges And Solutions For Indigenous Fisheries in South Africa
Indigenous Rights Radio producer Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan) investigates the impacts of fishing regulations on Indigenous groups who have fished as a part of their livelihoods for centuries. The Convention on Biological Diversity, an international agreement which has inspired the implementation of many current fishing regulations, specifically discusses the importance of collaborating with Indigenous communities in order to preserve cultural knowledge in the pursuit of ecological preservation.
Indigenous Community Initiatives In Liberia Model Improved Livelihoods
Ezekiel Tye Freeman is the executive director of Green-PRO, which helps Liberian communities develop sustainable livelihoods for self-reliance. Beekeeping training programs, for example, offer a lucrative and environmentally friendly economic alternative to mining or slash-and-burn farming for individuals. Freeman points to high levels of unemployment among Liberia's Indigenous population as a major problem that his organization wants to attempt to alleviate.
Indigenous Science Is Needed To Change Course for the Planet
What is the role of Indigenous Peoples in the current climate crisis? What responsibility do Indigenous Peoples feel towards Mother Earth today? Listen to three Indigenous women leaders give their perspectives on their feeling of the interconnection between all living things and our planet in the face of climate change, and what they feel should be done with that knowledge.
Climate Change Takes Water And Milk From Mbororo People
In Mbororo communities in Chad, Indigenous women are the most affected by climate change because they are the ones collecting food, water, and traditional medicines for their families. Changes to their environment have cause increased hardship on the Mbororo who are pastoralist cattle headers, as they are forced to move more frequently to cope with increasing drought conditions.
Indigenous Women - Knowledge Holders, Responders To Climate Change
Can traditional knowledge from Indigenous communities provide us with answers to fighting climate change? We speak with Andrea Carmen (Yaqui), Executive Director of International Indian Treaty Council. She speaks about how Indigenous women are very strong voices in the work for the protection of the environment, through their role as food producers, knowledge holders, and the first teachers of children.
For Collaboration To Work, Western Scientists Must Respect Indigenous Scientists
What can Western science learn from Indigenous knowledge? We speak with Dr. Daniel Wildcat (Yuchi) and Tui Shortland (Maori) about the value of Indigenous longitudinal place-based knowledge that Indigenous People have gathered over millennia. We unpack what positive collaboration between Western science and Indigenous science can look like and why it is important.
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Background music:
"Atahualpa" and "Lights in the forest" by Yarina. Used with permission.
Indigenous Science Is Lifesaving And Rights To It Must Be Protected
Though collaboration is crucial to finding solutions for climate change, Indigenous People must be able to maintain, protect, and control their cultural heritage, sciences, and technologies. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a legal framework for intellectual ownership by Indigenous communities of their traditional knowledge. However, many additional cultural barriers to equal-footed climate change collaboration exist, such as the automatic devaluation of Indigenous science by Western science practitioners.
Radio Comunitaria y Días de Amar la Tierra
En este programa especial conoceremos de una Radio Comunitaria en Boca de Sábalo, Rio San Juan, Nicaragua quienes al igual que muchas Radios Comunitarias Indígenas están ocupadas en abanderar la lucha por la madre tierra y nuestros bienes comunes.
Musicalización
- Días de Amar del Duo Guardabarrando, con su autorización
- Casa Abierta, Katya Cardenal, con su autorización
Entrevistado:
Javier Jaime Rodríguez (Nicaragua)
Edición
Teresita Orozco Mendoza
Agresiones a Patricia Gualinga, Defensora Kichwa.
En este corte informativo te damos a conocer la denuncia pública ante las agresiones sufridas por Patricia Gualinga, activista Indígena de Ecuador, y su familia. Se conoce a Patricia a nivel Internacional por su fuerza y convicción al denunciar la extracciones ilegales en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Conoce más de esta denuncia en este micro informativo.
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Biweekly News Bulletin Part II - May 2018
A short update on current events from around the world on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Noticiero Julio 18
10 comunidades Indígenas están poniendo su empeño a revitalizar su sistemas productivos tradicionales para garantizar su seguridad alimentaria. En este corto informativo te damos a conocer sobre esta buena nueva.
Musicalización:
Música de Introducción: “Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.
Voces:
Esther Camac , Líder Indígena Quechua del Peru
Realización
Rosario Sul Gonzalez
News Bulletin CS December 2018
A short update on current events from around the world on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
PRODUCTION:
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
2019 is The International Year Of Indigenous Languages
The world will indeed be a poorer place without the languages and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.
So it is necessary to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages, thereby improving the lives of the peoples who speak the languages.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)
Interview: Kaimana Barcase, Hawaii and Denver Breda, South Africa.
Music : Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.
Picture: A man plays a Khwe finger piano, West Caprivi Strip. Photo by Julie Taylor 2007, Courtesy of Cultural Survival
Intercambio de Conocimientos Indígenas para el Futuro de las Semillas
Los pueblos Indígenas, expertos en agricultura y líderes comunitarios alrededor del mundo están preocupados por el tema de la alimentación. Algunos están realizando buenas prácticas de guardar e intercambiar semillas para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria bajo su propia soberanía, ya sea en sus propias comunidades o bien en los países a donde han tenido que migrar.
News Bulletin CS March 2019
A short update on current events from around the world on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Agua y Saneamiento (ODS#6)
¿Qué implica el objetivo 6 y como podemos estar involucarados?
Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, son resultado de un proceso de negociación que involucró a Estados miembros de la ONU y organizaciones de la sociedad civil.
Es importante que como pueblos del mundo, principalmente las mujeres Indígenas, nos involucremos en todos los niveles, para garantizar que no nos quedemos atrás.
El objetivo 6 esta enfocado al tema de Agua limpia y saneamiento. Escuche, descarque y comparta este programa.
Acción por el Clima, ODS#13
Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, consisten en 17 objetivos interdependientes establecidos por las Naciones Unidas, cada uno de los objetivo tiene una propia lista de metas a alcanzar.
La Agenda 2030 recopila los 17 Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y es de suma importancia que los pueblos Indígenas se involucren en todos los niveles. !Escuche, descargue y comparta!
ODS 13 K´iche_ Acción Por el Clima
Esta producción en lengua K´iche´ le brinda información relevante sobre los Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, consisten en 17 objetivos interdependientes establecidos por las Naciones Unidas, cada uno de los objetivo tiene una propia lista de metas a alcanzar.
La Agenda 2030 recopila los 17 Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y es de suma importancia que los pueblos Indígenas se involucren en todos los niveles. ¡Escuche, descargue y comparta!
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ODS Hambre Cero, Trabajos y Estrategias desde la Mirada de los Pueblos Indígenas
Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, consisten en 17 objetivos interdependientes establecidos por las Naciones Unidas, cada uno de los objetivo tiene una propia lista de metas a alcanzar.
La Agenda 2030 recopila los 17 Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y es de suma importancia que los pueblos Indígenas se involucren en todos los niveles. ¡Escuche, descargue y comparta!
Many Voices, One Message - Traditional Knowledge Protects Mother Earth!
We are living in a time of crisis. Scientists, farmers, Indigenous Peoples and even the United Nations all agree that humanity’s impact on the world’s ecosystems and natural resources has brought us to a turning point. If there is no intervention, the planet faces the mass extinction of up to 1 million plant and animal species due to pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.
Indigenous Peoples Face Obstacles at the UN Climate Action Summit
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) spoke to Janene Yazzie about the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN's Climate Action Summit.
Janene Yazzie (Navajo) is Development Program Coordinator for International Indian Treaty Council and the council’s representative as co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group of the U.N. High-level Political Forum on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Production: Shaldon Ferris (San, South Africa)
Image: Janine Yazzie
ODS 9 Ayuuk, Vida de Ecosistemas Terrestres
Esta producción en lengua Ayuuk, le brinda información relevante sobre los Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, los cuales consisten en 17 objetivos interdependientes establecidos por las Naciones Unidas, cada uno de los objetivo tiene una propia lista de metas a alcanzar.
La Agenda 2030 recopila los 17 Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y es de suma importancia que los pueblos Indígenas se involucren en todos los niveles. ¡Escuche, descargue y comparta!
ODS 13 Ayuuk, Acción Por El Clima
Esta producción en lengua Ayuuk, le brinda información relevante sobre los Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible conocidos de forma abreviada como ODS, los cuales consisten en 17 objetivos interdependientes establecidos por las Naciones Unidas, cada uno de los objetivo tiene una propia lista de metas a alcanzar.
La Agenda 2030 recopila los 17 Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y es de suma importancia que los pueblos Indígenas se involucren en todos los niveles. ¡Escuche, descargue y comparta!
October 16th is World Food Day!
Hunger and obesity often co-exists in countries where a home cooked meal is far more difficult to attain than fast food, processed food and foods that are high in sugar. In line with the 2030 sustainable development Agenda, the theme for 2019's World Food Day is Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger world.In this program, we will talk to Indigenous people, to see how they contribute to Sustainable Development goal number two, which talks about ending hunger and achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.