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Violence Against Indigenous Women And Girls: A Complex Phenomenon

This briefing note, published by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and Forest Peoples Programme, is intended to develop discussion and thought about the complexity of the challenges of violence against indigenous women and girls. Work being done by...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women must pay special attention to the vulnerable situation of indigenous women in the DRC

Fifteen organisations working with indigenous women, including Forest Peoples Programme, have joined forces to emphasise the injustice and multiple forms of discrimination suffered by indigenous women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee). States are required to submit reports to the Committee every four...

More and better teachers needed: Achieving quality education for all

This issue of id21 insights focuses on the quality of teachers:

  • More and better teachers needed - Achieving quality education for all: Eighteen million primary school teachers are needed over the next decade to meet Universal Primary Education (UPE) goals, says a recent report from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics. This is to fill the...
Nepal: A gender view of the armed conflict and the peace process

Nepal is going through a period that is crucial to its future. After two years of a long and not always easy peace process, important reforms are beginning in an attempt to lay the basis of a new society, tackling some of the structural causes that led to the outbreak of the armed conflict. Nepali women have been deeply affected by this armed conflict, and, as with many other conflicts, its...

The dynamics of social capital and conflict management in multiple resource regimes: A case of the southwestern highlands of Uganda
Increasingly, social capital, defined as shared norms, trust, and the horizontal and vertical social networks that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutually beneficial collective action, is seen as an important asset upon which people rely to manage natural resources and resolve conflicts. This paper uses empirical data from households and community surveys and case studies, to examine...
Forest cleansing: Racial oppression in scientific nature conservation
The article looks at a specific case of racial oppression manifesting itself within development programs. At a more general level, the article looks at how ecological project can become politicised. An example of this is South-East Asia, where valley-based states have regularly attempted to sedentarize or repress hill-dwelling ethnic minorities. Racist patterns and processes in the region have...
Impact of war and landmines on environment

Anti Personnel (AP) Landmines pose a serious threat to environment, livelihood and process of sustainable development, affecting not only present but also future generations. They prejudice economic development by disrupting the biosphere's life support systems and diminishing the capacity of the environment to supply the raw materials and natural resources. Mines deny access to natural...

Development as symbolic violence? The case of community forestry in Nepal
Community Forestry (CF) program in Nepal is considered a world innovation in the field of participatory environmental governance towards meeting the twin goals of conservation and poverty reduction. Yet, growing evidence indicates that the poorer groups of beneficiaries are not gaining as anticipated, reflecting the continuing worldwide challenges of achieving democratic and equitable...
La paix au sommet: l’importance de la réduction des conflits pour la mise en valeur des montagnes
The world’s mountains cover about one-fourth of the planet’s land surface and are home to 10 percent of its population. They are a sanctuary for an extraordinary web of plant and animal life and a source of water for all of the world’s major rivers. Yet, mountain people – the guardians of these valuable mountain resources – are among the world’s poorest, hungriest and most marginalized...
Peace on high: The importance of reducing conflict for mountain development
The world’s mountains cover about one-fourth of the planet’s land surface and are home to 10 percent of its population. They are a sanctuary for an extraordinary web of plant and animal life and a source of water for all of the world’s major rivers. Yet, mountain people – the guardians of these valuable mountain resources – are among the world’s poorest, hungriest and most marginalized...

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