Indigenous Women

Women are still being discriminated against, and not there are not enough leadership roles in the workplace, and sadly also in the communities where Indigenous women reside. In this radio program, we will focus on the rights of women and Indigenous women in particular.

Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Additional voice: Morisca Christians
"Whispers" by Ziibiwan, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

Leya Hale lives in St. Paul. She was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. She is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Navajo. She is a storyteller, a documentary filmmaker, and a producer with Twin Cities PBS (TPT), where she’s been working for the past eight years. Her  film, "Bring Her Home," addresses the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in the United States. 

Each year, on August 9th, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed to raise awareness and protect Indigenous Rights.
This year the theme of the commemoration is The role of Indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of Traditional Knowledge.

The information and communications technologies have the potential to provide new solutions to development challenges, particularly in the context of globalization, and can foster economic growth, competitiveness, access to information and knowledge, poverty eradication, and social inclusion that will help to expedite the integration of all countries, especially developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, into the global economy.

South Africa has been branded as “the Rainbow Nation” because of the diversity of its citizens. The country boasts a very liberal constitution and eleven official languages, which however do not include Indigenous languages. What is becoming more and more apparent lately is the exclusion of the Khoi and San languages especially from school curricula, radio, and television. IYX Radio is a new internet radio station that hopes to change the narrative.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Sharri Cannel (San)

UNESCO calls on radio stations to celebrate World Radio Day's 10th anniversary and the more than 110 years of radio. Cultural Survival's Indigenous Rights Radio supported the Khwe people from the Okavango region in starting Khwedam Radio – a radio station that will assist the Khwe and !Xun speaking San Peoples  to be able to communicate better with each other in remote regions of Namibia.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already posed a grave health threat to the world's Indigenous Peoples as they already experience poor access to essential healthcare services. Indigenous Peoples globally are seeking their own solutions to this pandemic. Indigenous Rights Radio program producer Dev Kumar Sunuwar caught up with Francisco Cali Tzay, the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples who discussed COVID-19’s impacts on Indigenous communities.

The Arctic Winter Games has been cancelled amid Corona virus fears.
This bulletin was produced by KNBA news
Image: Athletes participate in the stick pull, one of the many games at the 2020 Traditional Games in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Lyndsey Brollini/courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute)
Produced by Tripp Crouse
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Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin 007 February 2020

A global bulletin on the topic of Indigenous Rights.

Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin 007

A global bulletin on the topic of Indigenous Rights. In this edition: