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Learning Rights Not Taught at Home

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World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013

Jinumu - Pingtung of Taiwan 

Jinumu, an Indigenous woman from Taiwan, uses the World Conference of Indigenous Women as an opportunity to learn more about the rights of women since indigenous rights and women’s rights are not topics that are often discussed in her home country.

Straddling Cultural and Geographic Borders

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World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013

Maylei Blackwell - Cherokee and Thai from California, USA 

Maylei Blackwell works with Indigenous migrants from Mexico who live in the Los Angeles area. Blackwell states that being fixated on geographic boundaries only inhibits one from seeing immigrants as our Indigenous brothers and sisters.

Building Worldwide Networks

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World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013

Lisa Arroyo - Quechua from Peru 

Lisa Paloma Abregu Arroyo, a Quechua woman, came to the World Conference of Indigenous Women looking to connect with indigenous representatives from around the world who are working on cultural conservation and defending indigenous rights. For Arroyo and her community, these efforts are both important and encouraging.

First From Community To Attend Conference

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World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013

Rafaela Buillard of Marsabit, Kenya

When Indigenous women like Raffaella Bulyaar of the Maasai people are able to attend global conferences, they are able to bring useful information back to their people in order to further discuss and learn ways to grow as a community and defend their human rights.

 

Indigenous Solutions, Not Victims

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World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013

Andrea Landry, Anishinabek from the traditional territory of the Ashinaabe people, voices the importance of straying away from relying on the federal government to save indigenous communities and instead suggests working as a community toward changes within that community for more productive results. Landry believes confronting and talking about important issues as a community can lead to positive change.

 

 

Indigenous Peoples' Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

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Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014 

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent means that Indigenous Peoples are able to use their lands and resources however they choose, and that they are included in a consultation process if any development projects are proposed on their land. 

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