News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 58
Ranchers Try to Drive Tsimané Indians Off Their Land
- Inter Press Service
EL JATATAL, Bolivia, Mar 25 (IPS) - "We can't take any more abuse," Carmelo Tayo, the head of this small Tsimané indigenous village, says sadly. The community has lived for decades on land in Bolivia's Amazon jungle that outsiders are now trying to gain control of.
Cameroonian Farmers Find Justice in Fair Fruit
- Inter Press Service
DOUALA, Cameroon, Mar 14 (IPS) - The fruit farmers in Njombe, a small town in the coastal Littoral Region of Cameroon, learned a life lesson about "making lemonade out of lemons" - or rather "dried fruit out of fruit" when their land was taken from them by the government and leased to an international farming company.
Native Women Bring Solar Energy to Chile's Atacama Desert
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 13 (IPS) - Three indigenous communities from the Chilean highlands have just received solar panels, which will be set up and maintained by unlikely solar engineers: five native women who travelled halfway around the world to India and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages.
A “Golden Age” for Native Cinema
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Mar 11 (IPS) - Indigenous filmmakers and audiovisual artists worldwide are celebrating their growing visibility, as native voices and stories edge their way onto the big screen, gaining international recognition both artistically and commercially.
U.S. Abstains on Controversial World Bank Mongolia Mine Project
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - The United States has refused to vote for involvement by the World Bank Group in a massive but controversial mining project in Mongolia.
Indigenous Community Takes Forest Law into Their Own Hands
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - An indigenous community in Brazil has decided to single-handedly take action against illegal loggers who are moving into their territory in search of highly valued timber.
U.S. Finally Passes Stronger Protections for Women against Abuse
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 01 (IPS) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday ended more than a year of stonewalling a piece of legislation that for two decades has offered legal protections for women against sexual violence, harassment and abuse.
'Media Needs an Alliance With Minorities'
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Feb 28 (IPS) - Amid calls from world leaders for media diversity and plurality to be strengthened to combat a rising tide of extremism and intolerance, media experts have warned that change should not be expected overnight and that governments and states have a crucial role to play in the process.
India Undercuts Tribal Rights
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (IPS) - Over a decade ago, the Dongria Kondh tribe – tucked away in the Niyamgiri hills, a mountain range in the eastern Indian state of Orissa – found itself under attack.
Q&A: Building a Post-2015 Global Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) - As the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaches, different United Nations agencies are beginning to discuss what the post-2015 Development Agenda will encompass.
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