News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”

  1. What is Not Good for Democracy in Peru is Not Good for Women

    - Inter Press Service

    LIMA, Feb 10 (IPS) - "We are facing a deeply conservative government that is opening the doors to all kinds of setbacks. We have a failed state with a democracy that is no longer a democracy," said Gina Vargas, a Peruvian feminist internationally recognized for her contributions to women's rights.

  2. Colombias Historic Child Marriage Ban

    - Inter Press Service

    MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 08 (IPS) - Colombia has just marked a historic milestone in the global campaign against child marriage, with the Senate passing one of Latin America and the Caribbean’s most comprehensive bans on child marriage and early unions.

  3. U.S. Wins Controversial Ruling in GM Corn Dispute with Mexico

    - Inter Press Service

    CAMBRIDGE, MA., Dec 23 (IPS) - A tribunal of trade arbitrators has ruled in favor of the United States in its complaint that Mexico’s restrictions on genetically modified corn violate the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA). The long-awaited ruling in the 16-month trade dispute is unlikely to settle the questions raised by Mexico about the safety of consuming GM corn and its associated herbicide.

  4. Transformative Change Will Save a Planet in PerilIPBES

    - Inter Press Service

    WINDHOEK, Dec 19 (IPS) - Nature is at a tipping point. With human activity having pushed up to 1 million plant and animal species close to extinction, securing sustainable development and halting global biodiversity collapse is no longer just an option but a requisite for human wellbeing.

  5. Small Island States Put Faith in International Courts ‘Wayfinding’ Advisory Opinion

    - Inter Press Service

    THE HAGUE, Dec 13 (IPS) - The “crazy, weird and at some point (what seemed like) insurmountable” plan to ask the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the obligations of UN member states regarding climate change was a success, Vishal Prasad, a representative for the. Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) said at a post-hearing press conference today (December 13).

  6. Quilombola Communities Live in Fear Because the Laws That Are Supposed to Protect Them Are Ignored

    - Inter Press Service

    Dec 04 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses threats to the security, rights and ancestral lands of Brazil’s quilombola communities with Wellington Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, leader and activist of the Pitanga dos Palmares Quilombola community in Bahia state.

  7. Mayan Farmers Improve Their Livelihoods and Polyculture of Milpa in Mexico

    - Inter Press Service

    CHACSINKIN, Mexico, Nov 25 (IPS) - María Bacab, a Native Maya, considers herself the “guardian of seeds” as she cares for the milpa - an ancestral Mesoamerican polyculture that mixes maize, beans, squash and other vegetables - and promotes its practice and use in Mexico.

  8. Can Pay, Won’t Pay—COP29 Outcome Far from Promised Historic Deal of a Lifetime

    - Inter Press Service

    BAKU, Nov 24 (IPS) - They say it is taboo to talk about money. But this is exactly what developing countries came for: to haggle and push for the climate finance deal of a lifetime, as the climate crisis is, for them, a matter of life and death. Wealthy nations also came for their own deal of a lifetime—to hoist the climate finance burden on the private sector as they take the bare minimum financial responsibility.

  9. Don’t Lock Us Out of Negotiating Table—Indigenous Communities

    - Inter Press Service

    BAKU, Nov 19 (IPS) - Delegates representing Indigenous people's rights have taken issue with the ongoing COP29 negotiations, calling for Parties to include text and language that promote Indigenous rights to be explicitly referenced in the consensus and outcome documents.

  10. Walking with Wisdom: Whaia’s Mission to Bring Indigenous Knowledge to COP 29

    - Inter Press Service

    BAKU, Nov 15 (IPS) - Kaitiaki! Whaia says she is at COP29 to bring indigenous wisdom to influence policy and to provide guardianship (kaitiaki) of the climate negotiations.

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