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Karen indigenous women in Ban Huay Hoi, Thailand

Learn about inspiring stories from the seven regions of the world: Africa, Arctic, Asia, Latino America, North America, Pacific, Russia.

Spirituality and Sacred Sites

Spirituality and sacred sites are different in each Indigenous People and is a fundamental part of their identity since they are knowledge and teachings that were transmitted from generation to generation. It manifests itself above all in people’s daily lives, in their relationships with the land, forests and ecosystems, in all their relationships with nature

Indigenous Food Systems

Given their high degree of self-sufficiency, it is essential to secure and preserve Indigenous Peoples’ food systems to ensure the food security of 476 million Indigenous people around the world1. The traditional food systems of Indigenous Peoples are sustainable because over the centuries their practices have been oriented towards the rational use of resources, which

Pawanka Podcast – Episodio 3

In this meeting we have Joan Carling as a guest, an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with more than 20 years of work on indigenous issues at the international level. A podcast made by indigenous people for indigenous peoples. Listen on Listen on web:

If the grandparents, the tatas, leave, we will be without knowledge

Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world. In the last decade, already 80% of its population lived in urban areas. By 2021, 35% of the population lived in cities of 1 million or more inhabitants. The high rate of migration to cities also makes it the most unequal region in the world.

Si los abuelos, los tatas, se van, nos vamos a quedar  

América Latina, es la región más urbanizada en el mundo. En la última década, ya el 80% de su población vivía en zonas urbanas. Mientras que, para el 2021, el 35% de la población vivía en ciudades de 1 millón o más habitantes. La alta taza de migración a las ciudades, genera también que sea

Community Leadership

Indigenous leaders are respected in their communities for their knowledge of indigenous languages, histories, ceremonies, rituals, and stories. In this sense, we start by recognizing that each indigenous people are a nation in itself and therefore has its own type of organization, leadership, and decision-making. In indigenous communities, decisions are made by consensus as part

When community cohesion enables historic achievements

The territory of the Ch’orti’ people is located in the municipalities of La Unión, Zacapa, Camotán and Jocotán of the department of Chiquimula in Guatemala. With an indigenous population of 60 thousand Ch’orti’, 52 thousand Chiquimula and 8 thousand Zacapa. Three ecosystems coexist in the territory:

Þ subtropical dry forest,
Þ temperate subtropical humid forest , and
Þ temperate subtropical very humid forest.