Forum for urfolksspørsmål i bistanden

Fredag 10. mai 2013 ble det ved Universitetet i Tromsø arrangert et miniseminar i regi av Forum for urfolksspørsmål i bistanden som satte søkelys på utviklingen for urfolk i Canada og i Russland i en situasjon hvor interessen for olje-, gass- og mineralutvinning i urfolksområder er økende.

Indigenous women were very present and active at the 2013 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

After a hard work of advocacy and lobby, we, Indigenous Women, achieved the inclusion of a specific paragraph on Indigenous Women in the agreed conclusions adopted by CSW 57 which states:

27. The Commission reaffirms that indigenous women often suffer multiple forms of
discrimination and poverty which increase their vulnerability to all forms of violence; and
stresses the need to seriously address violence against indigenous women and girls.

The Indigenous (Adivasi) communities will have the final decision on plans for a bauxite mine by a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa