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As you enter the Bazaar, you'll be welcomed into a space filled with joy and resilience, where the air is alive with music and the presence of Indigenous vendors and cooperatives sharing their culture and stories.
Sheryl Lightfoot (Anishinaabe), a member of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), highlighted the study's potential to drive change by identifying gaps and challenges in implementing Article 16 and providing recommendations to governments and stakeholders.
Capacity building in communication, mainly aimed at women, youth and other genders, including: radio, audiovisual and written production; community investigative journalism; documentation and archiving; emergency coverage; and technical maintenance of equipment.
Emma F Jackson and Kimberley Allison do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
With Native American Heritage Month well underway and Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning occurring tomorrow, it is an excellent time to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ brilliance, honor and acknowledge truth in history, recognize whose land we are on, and work towards true allyship.
Soon to be released research by Longbottom (also an author of this piece) identified multiple systemic failures that contribute to reduced support, which in turn puts the lives of Indigenous women at increased risk.
Vicki Lowik does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
It is colonialism, coupled with widespread poverty, racial discrimination, and gender inequality, that has created the conditions for increased violence against Indigenous women.
Given the Property Council’s estimate that the new framework could yield a total of “over 80,000” Build to Rent apartments over the next decade, this could generate 8,000 good quality units affordable to moderate income earners.
The framework recommends that the government establish a National Anti-racism Taskforce to develop separate implementation plans.
From September 2023 to July 2024, the program focused on equipping Pygmy communities with the tools and skills needed to engage in nonviolent advocacy and fostering dialogue with mining companies and local authorities to ensure their voices are heard and their rights respected.
We support the CSOs who have chosen to use silence to refuse to give legitimacy to this sham of a process but we have an obligation to speak and hold our place as rights holders in this space and ensure our disappointment is put on record.