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A call for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

A call for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
29 October 2024

In the crucial context of the COP16 on Biodiversity, the International Working Group for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) extends a heartfelt invitation to organizations around the world to join our voice in defense of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI). Sign this petition and let's work together to ensure that governments include PIACI in their National Strategies and Action Plans on Biodiversity.

“Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community women around the world receive less than 1 percent of international financial support to address climate change,” says new study launched at COP16

“Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community women around the world receive less than 1 percent of international financial support to address climate change,” says new study launched at COP16
22 October 2024
  • Investment in gender equality is declining and Indigenous and Afro-descendant women's rights organizations are especially marginalized.
  • Between 2016 and 2020, of the $28.5 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA) Funds designated to support women and girls, only 1.4% went to organizations working with Indigenous women.
  • In 2018-2019, Afro-descendant women, girls and trans people received less than 0.5% of global funding.

The Struggles for Land Podcast- Season 1 - Episode 2 - Commons and communities

The Struggles for Land Podcast- Season 1 - Episode 2 - Commons and communities
29 June 2024
The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as well as researchers and consumer associations. These exchanges between actors from the four corners of the globe enable us to better understand the local and international stakes, the successes and the difficulties of these mobilizations, which all have in common that they are working towards a society based on peasant and feminist agriculture in harmony with ecosystems. You can listen to all the episodes on this page and on the various platforms:

The Struggles for Land Podcast: Season 1 - Episode 1 - Land grabbing

The Struggles for Land Podcast: Season 1 - Episode 1 - Land grabbing
29 June 2024
The Struggles for Land Podcast gives a voice to those fighting for access to land and defending the commons. Focusing on one major theme per episode, the podcast interviews and brings together farmers' organizations, social movements, environmental protection and the defense of the commons, as well as researchers and consumer associations. These exchanges between actors from the four corners of the globe enable us to better understand the local and international stakes, the successes and the difficulties of these mobilizations, which all have in common that they are working towards a society based on peasant and feminist agriculture in harmony with ecosystems. You can listen to all the episodes on this page and on the various platforms:

Colonialism Revamped in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Colonialism Revamped in the Democratic Republic of Congo
21 April 2024
140 years ago this November at the Berlin Conference, Belgium’s King Leopold was recognized as the sole owner of the Congo Free State, a territory including the entirety of today’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Leopold’s reign was marked by slavery, millions of deaths, and widespread atrocities committed during the first colonial exploitation of the territory’s exceptional wealth of natural resources. 64 years after its independence, the DRC remains plagued by various forms of colonialism and extraction, resulting in massive human suffering, land grabs, human rights abuses, hunger and poverty.

Oxfam Novib Job Opportunity: Policy Lead Land Rights

Oxfam Novib Job Opportunity: Policy Lead Land Rights
06 February 2024
Do you want to fight for equality? Tackle inequality at its roots, together with colleagues, partner organizations, and activists in more than 90 countries? To change the systems behind it, once and for all? Oxfam Novib stands behind the people who stand up for equality. Together, we fight for a world where everyone has equal opportunities, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or skin color. A world where everyone feels safe; where income gaps are shrinking instead of growing, where climate change is tackled in a firmer and more honest way. 

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