Blog & news
Explore stories and updates from Pawanka Fund’s work across seven regions of the world: Africa, the Arctic, Asia, Latin America, North America, the Pacific, and Russia. These stories highlight initiatives, experiences, and learning processes shared by partner organizations and communities.
Indigenous Women Exchange Program Guatemala. 2018
Check out the highlights of the Indigenous Women Exchange Program joined by indigenous women’s organization from Guatemala, Thailand and Kenya. «As indigenous women, we have something unique that connects us around the world.» «Women and indigenous peoples take care of resources and Mother Earth.» These and more in this indigenous women empowerment from focusing on
Guiding Committee Meeting Agreements and Conclusions
Guiding Committee Meeting Managua, Nicaragua 8-10 February 2018 AGREEMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS a) Successes, challenges and lessons learned in Pawanka’s first three years. There has been the transition from being an initiative to becoming a fund with its own identity. Pawanka is a unique process that is changing the way to manage a fund through reciprocity alliances
2018 Guiding Committee Annual Meeting
This video showcases the output of the 2018 Guiding Committee Annual Meeting held in Nicaragua. Some of the highlights were the following: Successes, challenges and lessons learned in Pawanka’s first three years Advancements and lessons learned in the area of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Communication Administrative and mentoring lessons learned Priorities, schedule, work plan
Report 2017: Cultural Indicators
Pawanka Fund 3rd and 4th cycles. Innovative indigenous arts and performance. Traditional knowledge systems and climate change. Watch the video to know more.
Stepping Forward to Lead on Indigenous Rights
By Rukka Sombolinggi *Rukka Sombolinggi is the new Secretary General of Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago Jakarta, Indonesia – When nine women farmers from the Kendeng community in Central Java encased their feet in cement blocks last year, many indigenous advocates understood how that felt. Dressed in their
Local partners’ voices
What meaningful change has been achieved? Watch what our local partners have to say. Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning.
Pagey
A video documentary on the rice culture of the Pidlisan Tribe of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines. This is part of the promotion, enhancement and transmission of indigenous knowledge and practices of the Pidlisan Tribe, Kankanaey, Igorot of Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines.
