Ei-iE

Indigenous Peoples

  1. Equity and inclusion 20 July 2007

    EI Pre-congress events: Indigenous caucus

    Around 70 delegates participated in the Indigenous caucus, one of three pre-congress events held at the Estrel convention centre, Berlin, today 20th July.

    EI Pre-congress events: Indigenous caucus
  2. Equity and inclusion 30 June 2006

    EI: Satisfaction over UN Human Rights Council's adoption of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen expressed satisfaction over the decision of the UN Human Rights Council to adopt the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “The Declaration will strengthen the international human rights system and will promote mutual respect between indigenous peoples and states”, he said.

    EI: Satisfaction over UN Human Rights Council's adoption of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  3. Equity and inclusion 22 November 2005

    Teachers for Cultural Diversity!

    A Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions (CCD) has been adopted by the UNESCO General Assembly (October 20, 2005). The Convention reaffirms the link between culture, development and dialogue and creates an innovative platform for international cultural cooperation. The new international normative...

    Teachers for Cultural Diversity!
  4. Equity and inclusion 18 May 2005

    Indigenous People - A question of life or death

    Living in widely differing environments with distinct cultures and languages, Indigenous Peoples, with only a handful of exceptions, are struggling for survival. Their languages, traditions, wisdom and knowledge have disappeared or have been eradicated. Of those that remain, many are, even now, on the very verge of extinction. For EI,...

    Indigenous People - A question of life or death
  5. Equity and inclusion 18 May 2005

    EI supports GIVE, the Global Indigenous Voice on Education

    “The Answers Are Within Us” expressed the theme of the 6th World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) in August 2002. WIPCE celebrated the achievements of Indigenous peoples in transmitting their heritage from generation to generation and welcomed the sharing of successes in the use and enhancement of Indigenous languages...

    EI supports GIVE, the Global Indigenous Voice on Education
  6. Equity and inclusion 18 May 2005

    Indigenous Peoples - Healing through education

    According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report, published in Peru in August 2003, the political violence between 1980 and 2000 affected urban and rural areas differently. Rural areas and poorer departments had the most number of victims. Four out of ten casualties lived in Ayacucho, and of these...

    Indigenous Peoples - Healing through education