"1. Indigenous Peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders.
2. States, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, shall take effective measures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the implementation of this right."

-- Article 36, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Jason Pramas, executive editor
Chris Faraone, editor

March 9, 2019

Dear Editors of Dig Boston,

En español

El equipo de Cultural Survival visitó a las radios comunitarias Indígenas en Guatemala como parte del trabajo del proyecto de subvenciones a medios comunitarios a finales del 2019.

Sunday, March 8, is International Women's Day (#IWD), first celebrated in 1909. In recent years, the annual event has gained recognition, giving a chance to celebrate achievements in the women's movement and to inspire further progress through both local and international action.

By Carolyn Smith-Morris

On February 14, 2020, over a thousand people gathered in Vancouver, Canada’s Downtown Eastside to participate in the 29^th Annual Women’s Memorial March to honor all the women who have gone missing or have died due to economic, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence. The march takes place on unceded Coast Salish territories. A private family remembrance occurred before the march where no media nor public was permitted out of respect for those grieving.

Cultural Survival’s Keepers of the Earth Fund provides small grants designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community advocacy and development projects. Since 2007, the Fund has provided nearly $3 million in grants and technical assistance to over 450 Indigenous-led projects in 65 countries around the world.

Las mujeres Indígenas, tanto de las zonas rurales como de las zonas urbanas, se enfrentan a múltiples obstáculos para participar en la toma de decisiones (Naciones Unidas, 2013b) y siguen siendo objeto de discriminación, incluso en el mundo del trabajo (Naciones Unidas, 2015b; OIT, 2016b, 2017e). Además, cuando las cuestiones de género se cruzan con las relativas al origen étnico, aumentan las disparidades por motivos de género y las desigualdades entre mujeres (OIT, 2019g).

By Augusta Davis
Photo: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, December 2018, photo courtesy of  http://unistoten.camp/

En español

By Salvador Ravinal Catú

“Resistance ought to be our motto, for all of us, The Original Peoples of Central America.”