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http://www.trust.org/item/20140527220755-65acn
INDIGENOUS WOMEN HOLD SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL
CRISES
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Andean woman carries a local grass for making ropes to use in the construction
of the Qeswachaka hanging bridge in Cuzco, Peru - REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
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Promotion
and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in natural disaster risk
reduction and prevention and preparedness initiatives - Study of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 20. In their concluding observations,
some treaty bodies have referred to disaster risk reduction from a human
rights perspective. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women, for example, has underlined the importance of integrating a
gender perspective and fostering the participation of women in disaster risk
reduction initiatives.[1] The Committee on the Rights of the Child has
also addressed the issue in some of its concluding observations, advocating
for the inclusion of disaster preparedness in school curricula, for instance.[2] The observations of the two Committees refer
to indigenous women and indigenous children by implication. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
