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El pasado 26 de febrero se llevó a cabo el VII Encuentro continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas en la ciudad de México, donde se dieron cita cerca de 150 mujeres Indígenas entre ellas, lideresas, sabias, artistas, parteras, parlamentarias, exparlamentarias, abogadas, comunicadoras, cineastas, defensoras de derechos, académicas y autoridades Indígenas de las 3 Américas, con el objetivo de realizar un balance intergeneracional sobre la situación del ejercicio de los derechos colectivos e individuales como mujeres Indígenas y construir soluciones articuladas con una ruta estratégica

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar

The UN high-level event organized in Los Pinos, Mexico City was a formal closing of the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (IYIL) and concluded by endorsing a strategic outcome document, a road map for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. On December 18, 2019, the UN General Assembly proclaimed an International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) as a follow up to the International Year.
 

"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

By Nati Garcia (Maya Mam, CS Staff)

On February 14, 2020, over a thousand people gathered in Vancouver, Canada’s Downtown Eastside to participate in the 29th 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.

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