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Directly supporting Indigenous Peoples' communities, organizations and leaders globally since 1992.
📢 Join us for the Indigenous Women’s Program – July Training
🌱 Agents of Change: Indigenous youth and women with disabilities leading climate action
🗓️ Thursday, July 10, 2025
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM (ET)
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July 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Through our #FPIC Program, we've supported #IndigenousPeoples in developing community-led FPIC protocols grounded in traditional governance. 🌱

One powerful example: the #Kichwa community of #Sarayaku.

Learn about their experience👇
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📢 Bottom line:
An #FPIC protocol is a declaration of “this is how we decide” — a powerful assertion of the Indigenous Peoples’ right to be heard on their own terms.
June 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🤔What is a protocol on Free, Prior and Informed Consent?

👉A self-determined guideline that explains how, when, where, and with whom consultation should happen.
Read more👇
June 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Join us for the Indigenous Women’s Program – June Training
Theme: Food Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples
🗓️ Date: June 26
🕘 Time: 9:00–10:30 AM ET
🌍 Interpretation: English, French, and Spanish

🔗 Join us on Zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8573175357...
All are welcome! ✨
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🌍 Join us UN Food Systems Solutions Webinar: 🎙️ Enabling processes for marginalized voices to drive change in food systems-
📅 June 19 | 🕑 14:00–15:00 CEST
Register here: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Hear the powerful stories that shape our mission.
✊🏽 Their voices matter. Their rights matter.
🔁 Retweet if you believe in justice and self-determination for Indigenous Peoples.
May 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌱 Join us for a powerful conversation on Indigenous Peoples leadership in food systems transformation! 🌍
🗓️ May 27, 2025
🕤 9:00–9:45 AM ET
🌐 EN/ES/FR interpretation available
📍 On Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An Indigenous woman from the #Andes spoke on behalf of her sisters from the greater Collasuyo region — Bolivia—, who have long defended their territories, water, and ancestral knowledge. She is Tatiana Blanco:
#UNPFII
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
He is Jiten Yumnam from the Meitei people of #Manipur in North East India, our Strategic Advisor for South Asia, and the Secretary at the Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur.
April 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (#FPIC) is firmly rooted in international law. It brings Indigenous self-determination to life—ensuring communities can decide on developments affecting their lands, territories, and cultures.
Join us TODAY
⏰ 16:30
📍 CR-9
April 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🌊 27M Indigenous Peoples across 87 countries depend on coastal & marine ecosystems — yet their voices are missing in global blue economy & climate talks.
Join us: Indigenous Peoples in Coastal and Marine Environments: challenges and opportunities.
🕐Today, 13:15
📍CR-5
#UNPFII
April 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
in the cases of the #Kichwa People of Sarayaku and the Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation, the Tagaeri and Taromenane. He also called to urgently adopt a national law on Free, Prior and Informed Consent #FPIC with meaningful Indigenous Peoples' participation.
April 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This afternoon, on the #EarthDay, Hernán Malaver Santi, President of the Kichwa Indigenous People of #Sarayaku, delivered a statement before the #UNPFII, calling for a recommendation to the State of Ecuador to fully comply with the rulings issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (...)
April 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us for a special Cultural Night celebrating 30 Years of the #BeijingDeclaration of Indigenous Women — A grounbreaking document from the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women.
📅Monday, April 21
🕡18:30
📍Millenium Hilton New York One UN Plaza. NY 10017
Diplomat Ballroom.
April 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Se acerca el #UNPFII y preparamos un evento paralelo que no querrás perderte.
Te invitamos a acompañarnos en una conversación sobre el "Avance del derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas a la libre determinación: desafíos y buenas prácticas."
📅 21 de abril
🕠 16:30 - 17:45
📍 Sede de la ONU, CR-9
April 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚨 As #UNPFII approaches, we’re preparing an engaging side event you won’t want to miss!
We invite you to join us for a conversation on Advancing Indigenous Peoples' Right to Self-Determination: Challenges and Good Practices.
📅 April 21
🕟 16:30 - 17_45
📍UN HQ, CR-9
#WeAreIndigenous
April 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Evo Morales speech at UNPFII in 2008 marked a significant moment as it was the first time an Indigenous head of state addressed the UNPFII, highlighting the importance of Indigenous issues on the global stage.
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As the start of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues approaches, we’d like to share some key facts💡about this important global platform for Indigenous Peoples.
#WeAreIndigenous
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ever wondered about the story behind Land is Life? 🌍 Born 33 years ago, in a forested valley outside of Rio de Janeiro, in a village called Kari-Oca, where nearly 1,000 Indigenous leaders had gathered to send a message to the world.
April 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In 1992, as the world focused on the UN Earth Summit, 1,000 Indigenous Peoples held their own historic gathering. A pivotal moment that gave birth to Land is Life. For 33 years, this story remained untold—until now.
#LandIsLife #IndigenousRights #33YearsOfLegacy
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📢 El Foro Indígena de Abya Yala invita a la segunda de cuatro sesiones: Fortalecimiento de Capacidades Indígenas en las negociaciones de Cambio Climático.
📅  Mañana, 19 de marzo
🕘 14:00 (CST)
🔗 inscripciones: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Save the Date! 🔔
Join us for Training 3⃣ of our #IndigenousWomen's Program on Using Digital Media to Advance the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples.
📆 Friday, March 21, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST
🔗: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the State of #Ecuador responsible for violating the rights of the Tagaeri and Taromenane Peoples, and other Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation, including rights to property, self-determination, health, and a dignified life.
March 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Abya Yala Indigenous Forum invites to the training: “Strengthening Indigenous Capacities in Climate Change Negotiations”. 4⃣ sessions in virtual modality.
1⃣ DAY:
Friday, March 14, 2025
⏰09:00 a. m. Central America and Mexico
Join the Zoom meeting
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March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM