WalkWithOurPeople

Indigenous news and stories • Advocating for #indigenousrights • Through #storytelling and #research we aim to create change.

[Waorani Resistencia Pastaza @WaoResistencia]

🥇 ¡Nemonte Nenquimo: Una de las 100 personas + influyentes del mundo, según @TIME!

El mundo sigue reconociendo la #ResistenciaWaorani. Estamos orgullosos de ratificar nuestra lucha, eligiendo la vida y no el petróleo 🐯🍃

#TIME100 : https://t.co/v6gnWJiRdT

🎨 Marlene Solorio

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Article about how the post-2020 global #biodiversity framework that drive to protect 30 percent of the planet could dispossess millions.The framework should strengthen the rights of traditional forest guardians, not undermine them.

#indigenousrights
https://t.co/T44uX05LTF

[Survival International @Survival]

#OnThisDay 1991, ILO Convention 169 came into force.

It protects tribal peoples’ rights to
-Own the land they live on
-Make decisions about projects that affect them
-Equality & freedom

States around the world flout it. If you fight for this law, you fight for their rights.

[Sääʹmkulttuurfondd • Kolttakulttuurisäätiö @Kolttakulttuuri]

#Saamelaiset korutaiteilijat käyttävät materiaalina pahkaa ja kalan selkänikamia - mutta saako ei-saamelainen käyttää koruja? #Kolttakulttuurisäätiö'n asiamies #MariKorpimäki että saa.
Ostopäätös on arvonanto aidolle #saamenkäsityö’lle.
@KauppalehtiFi
https://t.co/fKJ6J8Oz2S

[Shelby Lisk (she/her) @shelbyliskphoto]

(1/7) I wrote about my experience as a young Indigenous journalist. There have been many times when I’ve felt like giving up. It’s so comforting to see all of the BIPOC journalists sharing their experiences & making emerging reporters feel less alone.

https://t.co/6GtIwsbOS6

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Sámi campaigners delivered a petition with 37,200 signatures, calling on the Finnish government to stop mining licenses in reindeer herding area.
#indigenous #Sámi #Finland #eikaivoksiakäsivarteen

https://t.co/lPoi4statO

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Survival of #Indigenous communities at risk as #Amazon fire season advances and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continues to slash funds from IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency. https://t.co/ahIucZnkjm via @Mongabay

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

NGOs and experts warn that United Nations drive to increase global protected areas could lead to severe human rights violations. https://t.co/Gi3VEuYZ0l via @Survival

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Land and #EnvironmentalDefenders have been the first line of defence against #climate breakdown. Despite evidence of the crucial role they play, many businesses, financiers and governments fail to safeguard their work.

https://t.co/MQLWk1Al5X

[INKLUDEM @inkludem]

RT IYIL2019: RT @UN4Indigenous: .@UNFCCC's Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform launched a call for submission of policies, practices and good examples of #IndigenousPeoples' participation. Deadline 1 Sept!

Submit & learn more (search for …

[UNPFII @UN4Indigenous]

"Despite challenges indigenous women continue to play an important role in addressing the challenges related to the #covid19" @ANuorgam Chair of the UNPFII

Join the UNFPA event on Indigenous Women and COVID19 now 👉https://t.co/XrzUHNsx2g
#weareindigenous

[UNFPA @UNFPA]

“The widespread discrimination in health care that translates into disrespect of #indigenous peoples must end.” — @Atayeshe

🎥 Watch the live conversation to see #WhatsNext4Women: https://t.co/aF50sXSj4D

#WeAreIndigenous

[Survival International @Survival]

Most of the gold mined illegally on Yanomami land is exported to India.

Dario Yanomami appeals to the Indian people not to buy the Blood Gold that's fuelling his people's genocide.
#MinersOutCovidOut #ForaGarimpoForaCovid

Sign: https://t.co/PaRXX3Cajt

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Meet the #Guajajara women "women warriors" who are fighting illegal logging and deforestation in #Brazil. The role of #Indigenous women is crucial for preserving the world's remaining forests.
https://t.co/yYp4jxw8So

#IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousWomen
#gender equality

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

Realizing the rights of #indigenouspeoples means ensuring their inclusion and participation in #COVID19 response and recovery strategies. Indigenous peoples must be consulted in all efforts to build back stronger and recover better.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
https://t.co/3vGMTcS4NA

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

Indigenous people are 3 times more likely to live in extreme poverty than non-indigenous populations.

We need to address the inequalities faced by #IndigenousPeoples around the world!

https://t.co/RhNImZKItH #WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousPeoplesDay

[4SD Foundation @4SDfoundation]

#DYK that globally, 47% of all #IndigenousPeoples in employment have no education, compared to 17% of their non-indigenous counterparts? This gap is even wider for women. Find out more on today's #IndigenousPeoplesDay: https://t.co/uASwPnokSZ #IndigenousDay #SDGs Photo @BellaLack

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

On InternationalDay of the World's #IndigenousPeople, 9th of Aug: #UN chief spotlights indigenous peoples’ resilience in face of #COVID19 #pandemic

https://t.co/3jWl02MEFF

[WalkWithOurPeople @WalkIndigenous]

In #Brazil. In an open letter to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, artists, celebrities, scientists and intellectuals urge Brazil’s leaders to take immediate action to save the country’s indigenous peoples from a Covid-19 “genocide". https://t.co/9G35ckC9w1

[Amazon Frontlines @AFrontlines]

Indigenous peoples have filed a lawsuit against #Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy @RecNaturalesEC & others for worst oil spill in decades. Please RT to stand with indigenous communities & @DDHH_Alianza @AFrontlines @Confeniae1 to demand #JusticefortheAmazon https://t.co/Z96QWCzItA