WUNRN
UNIFEM
22 December 2008
Quito
— In
Latin America, indigenous women encounter many obstacles. They are frequently
discriminated against for being women, for being indigenous, and in many cases,
for being poor. However, their voices are growing louder, demanding recognition
of their rights. Organizations that fight discrimination against indigenous
women are gaining strength, supported by UNIFEM.
As part of a
UNIFEM regional project, “Working
against Ethnic, Racial, and Gender Discrimination – For the Effective Exercise
of Indigenous Women’s Rights in Latin America,” two organizations,
ALER and Radialistas Apasionados y Apasionadas, have produced a series of radio
programmes on indigenous women’s rights.
The series
was designed to highlight common problems encountered by indigenous women and
provide innovative solutions, in an entertaining manner. Among the areas
covered are the right to respectful and multicultural education, access to justice,
access to land, protection of indigenous territories, multicultural health care
and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
The radio
programmes, presented in Spanish and a number of indigenous languages, serve
for transmission on indigenous community radio stations as well as commercial
radio, and are distributed at no cost. A CD containing all the programmes can
be requested by e-mail to the UNIFEM
Andean Regional Office in Quito, Ecuador, and will soon be available for
free downloading from its website.
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