Indigenous Women of the Americas

Rights & Democracy, in partnership with Enlace - the Continental Network of Indigenous Women - and Quebec Native Women, have prepared this information kit to highlight the work of women acting at the local, national and international levels to ensure that their rights are respected. The kit proposes possible avenues of action to help enable these women to take full advantage of international forums and mechanisms available to them.

As the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People draws to a close, this is the ideal moment to highlight and share the strengths, hopes and struggles of the indigenous women of the Americas

This tool is available in English, French and Spanish.

• News Release - New human rights publication focuses on Indigenous women in the Americas - Oct. 21, 2004



• Presentation of the Kit (PDF Version, 772 KB)



• A Portrait of Indigenous Women in the Americas (PDF Version, 885 KB)



• UN International Instruments for the Protection of Indigenous Women’s Rights (PDF Version, 503 KB)



• International Instruments for the Protection of the Rights of Indigenous Women: Specialized Institutions (PDF Version, 629 KB)



• Indigenous Women at the End of the Decade (PDF Version, 849 KB)



• Indigenous Women and Intellectual Property (PDF Version, 699 KB)



• Indigenous Women and Militarization (PDF Version, 553 KB)

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