The Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN)
and Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International
Centre for Policy Research and Education) together
with the Coordinating Committee are organising the
Second Asian Indigenous Women’s Conference.
This is going to be held in Baguio City, Philippines on
March 4-8, 2004. The Conference has the following
objectives:- To share with each other the local and national
situation of indigenous women especially how they
have been affected by economic globalisation, conflict
situations and militarisation, and fundamentalism.
- To share the initiatives and strategies that Asian
indigenous women and communities have taken to
respond to these developments and initiate regionwide
and international campaigns around these.
- To build on results of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) particularly on the
Kimberly Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples’
Implementation Plan of Action where indigenous
women have played active roles from the preparatory
processes to the Summit.
- To expand and strengthen the Asian Indigenous
Women’s Network (AIWN) by organising it formally
with its own governing structure and constitution
and by agreeing on a general program of action.
The members of the Coordinating Committee are as follows:
- AIWN Secretariat/Tebtebba, Philippines
- INNABUYOG (Federation of Indigenous
Women’s Organizations in the Cordillera region/
CWERC (Cordillera Women’s Education and
Resource Center), Philippines
- IMPECT-Inter Mountain Peoples’ Education
Centre, Thailand
- AIPP- Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact, Thailand
- AMAN (National Federation of Indigenous
Peoples’ Organizations in Indonesia)
- Naga Women’s Organization, India
- South Asia Indigenous Women’s Forum, Nepal
- Rural and Indigenous Women Task Force of
APWLD (Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and
Development), Thailand
The Venue: Baguio City, Cordillera Region, Philippines:
CALL FOR PAPERS:
As part of the build up activities for the Second Asian Indigenous Women’s
Conference, we would like the indigenous women themselves to share their
present situation in their countries to the other participants on the
following themes:
A. General Indigenous Women Situationer
B. Thematic Papers on the following topics:
- Violence Against Women- this includes
state violence and domestic violence.
Industries
- Indigenous Women and Sustainable Use
Biodiversity
- Impact of Globalisation on Indigenous
Women
- Trafficking of Indigenous Women
- Migration of Indigenous Women
- Fundamentalism
- Indigenous Women and Extractive
A general guide to help you in the general
situationer would include the following key
points:- Population of indigenous women in your
locality based on their ethnic/tribal groupings;
- Main economic activities/source of
livelihood of indigenous women
- Involvement or participation of indigenous
women in socio-economic, socio-political and
cultural traditional institutions, if any;
- If available, basic socio-economic
indicators of indigenous women or women in
general in your locality (e.g. literacy rate,
labor force participation, mortality rate, etc.);
- Development projects and programs of
the state, multilateral financial institutions
(World Bank, International Monetary Fund,
Asian Development Bank, etc.), and/or
multinational corporations that are being
implemented in indigenous/ancestral
territories and their effects on indigenous
women or indigenous peoples in general;
- Responses/coping mechanisms of
indigenous women to these development
programs or projects;
- Indigenous women’s organisations/
alliances/programs in your locality and their
activities;
- Key issues that confront indigenous
women in your locality and their articulated
aspirations and/or demands;
- Constraints to the indigenous women’s
movement in your locality.
For other details and more information regarding
the conference, please contact:
Aida T. Cadiogan
AIWN Secretariat
Office Address:
#1 Roman Ayson Road, Campo Filipino 2600 Baguio City, Philippines
Telephone Number: (+63 74) 444-7703 Telefax Number: (+63 74) 443-9459
Email Addresses: aiwn@skyinet.net,
tebtebba@skyinet.net |
