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United Nations E/C.19/2015/2
Economic and Social Council
Distribution General - 4
February 2015 - Original: English
Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues
Fourteenth
Session
New York, 20
April-1 May 2015
Future work
of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and
emerging issues
Twenty-Year
Review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and Beyond:
A Framework
to Advance Indigenous Women’s Issues
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Summary |
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The present report provides an overview of the achievements
made by indigenous women since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action in 1995, at both the national and international
levels. In particular, the report highlights relevant activities included in
the national review reports of Member States for the fifty-ninth session of
the Commission of the Status of Women in 2015, which focus on the twenty-year
review in the areas of: education and capacity-building; indigenous women and
health; violence against indigenous women and access to justice; indigenous
women in power and decision-making; the indigenous girl child; indigenous
women and poverty; and indigenous women and statistics. The present report
not only highlights efforts by States but also provides a possible resource
for indigenous peoples, Governments and entities of the United Nations
system, advocates the sharing of good practices and draws attention to
ongoing concerns faced by indigenous women and measures needed to address
these challenges. |
