In the remote, mountainous region of Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, where internet access is limited and cell service is unreliable, a group of Indigenous youth has turned to a traditional medium to address modern challenges: radio.
Many clients are women and children escaping family violence, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who remain vastly overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
âWe who have the spiritual strength and relied on our land as a source of life are now selling our wealth and allowing them to be devastated in the name of progressâŠSo what kind of progress is this?â asked the resident of the Jequitinhonha Valley, questioning the false promise of lithium mining corporations.
Aligning their skills, they conceived an online platform that contributes to the revitalization of Dadi'idznu through the collection, creation, and dissemination of text and audiovisual materials that can be used both for self-learning and language teaching at educational institutions.
Through in-depth interviews with 53 private tenants in New South Wales and Queensland, we found these experiences negatively shaped peopleâs lives well into the future.
It allowed the appeal, concluding âthe processes employed [by Judge Vasta] were so devoid of procedural fairness [âŠ] and the reasons for judgment so lacking in engagement with the issues of fact and law to be appliedâ that it would be an âaffront to justiceâ to permit the contempt declaration and the imprisonment order to stand.
Establishing a commission to reexamine treaties signed with Tribal Nations and find ways they can be honored and implemented in todayâs circumstances by operationalizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including upholding Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in all department consultation practices.
Radio provides the opportunity to continue developing the capacities of men and women, to make spots, podcasts, and special programs in our own languages with topics that affect us, and also to share good practices in the care of the land and the territory, mainly, traditional medicine, food security, among others.
They frequently live in environments marked by poverty along with the vagaries of climate and conflict, and have to cope not only with their exhausting daily routines, but also with abuse and injustice.
These raidsâcarried out by order of the sentence enforcement judge in Esquel, Jorge Criado, and the public prosecutor, Carlos Cavalloâtake place within the context of wildfires burning out of control in Patagonia, which have to date destroyed over 300,000 hectares.
When Married at First Sight Australia bride Lauren Hall said her main goal was to âserveâ her man, the reality show contestant was reflecting a growing trend in western culture â the so-called tradwife lifestyle.
Following the 2024 report, Angarova reflected that ârecognition, respect, and upholding of Indigenous Peoples' right to self-determination, operationalized through the full implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), stands as the cornerstone for a truly just and equitable energy transition benefiting all.â
The kind of knowledge that never makes it to medical journals the phases of the moon and their impact on childbirth, the way a Samburu womanâs body moves differently after she has carried water for years, the herbal remedies for fever that the colonizers never bothered to write down.
General Motors, a joint venture partner in the mine, told Human Rights Watch and the ACLU that it is âaware of the issues that have been raised.⊠We incorporated these concerns in our due diligence and investment decision.â
As the play concluded with thunderous applause, the audience filtered out to the lobby, Red Hawk Singers led by CheeNulKa Pocknett (Mashpee Wampanoag) provided an honor song, and the crowd was alive and bright, with conversations between strangers and friends everyone had to share something about the piece they had just seen.
Our recently-released toolkit makes a suite of recommendations for Australian public services and institutions, including the national media, to avoid alienating and inadvertently misinforming Asian-Australians as we approach a crucial election campaign.
The coalition emphasizes that federal funding for Tribal programs is not discretionary, but rather a legal mandate owed under the United Statesâ trust and treaty obligations and the many statutes that carry them out.
Sharing these stories further connects our community, provides much-needed solidarity and validation to our staff and partners on the ground, and helps us inspire others to join our movement.
Reports also suggest this group advocates for terms like "Upojati" or "Khudro Nrigoshti" (small ethnic communities), undermining the internationally recognized collective rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The UPR is a process conducted at the United Nations in Geneva that reviews each UN member stateâs record with regard to its human rights obligations and commitments.
