Indigenous community media serves as a platform to amplify the struggles and voices of Indigenous Peoples on local, national, and international stages. These media outlets support resistance, empowerment, and the cultural vitality of Indigenous communities by creating meaningful audiovisual content that reflects their unique interests, languages, and perspectives.
By CS Staff
Violence in any form is a terrible experience and, even after many years, will have an impact on a woman's health and well being. It can lead to irreversible consequences, illness, disability, and mental health problems and can lead to depression, anxiety disorders, and even suicide.
By Veronique Wanyema Saleh, Coordinator of Radio Kivu
In the heart of South Kivu, a region rich in mineral wealth, a program jointly launched by Cultural Survival and Femmes Pymees en Action (Pygmy Women in Action), Radio Kivu FM, Congo, has been empowering Indigenous Pygmy communities to reclaim their rights and protect their ancestral lands from mining activities.
November, 2024 | COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan
Statement delivered by Sheelah Bearfoot.
Madam. President and Parties.
Indigenous Peoples from the seven socio-cultural regions wish to condemn the unethical methods and even more unethical outcomes this COP has produced. There is nothing to celebrate here today. As Peoples, as Sovereign Nations, we join the several other Nations that have voiced their vehement objections to these unacceptable decisions that are continuing to destroy our planet.
Celebrate Native American Heritage Day with 4KINSHIP: A Showcase of Indigenous Creativity
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff) in collaboration with APIB
Indigenous Peoples have long participated in international gatherings, often bearing witness to how the lack of leadership, vision, and decisive action perpetuates injustices and exacerbates the multiple crises facing the world. The G20 Summit is no exception.
The focus of Indigenous Women Development Affairs is on a developed Indigenous community and sustainable livelihoods and excellence. The objective is to work towards better living standards for Indigenous women through the delivery of good quality socioeconomic services, hygiene and sanitation, education, climate change action, and gender equity.
The Union of Indigenous Pygmy Women for Integral Development aim to contribute to the improvement of the socioeconomic living conditions of disadvantaged people, particularly Indigenous Pygmy women and girls, youth, and children, through the following pillars: fighting human discrimination and strengthening leadership and entrepreneurship among Indigenous women and youth; promoting respect for human rights, peaceful coexistence, public and reproductive health, as well as peace building; and preserving nature conservation and environmental protectio
The Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network is an Indigenous women-led, community-based organization founded in 2016, deeply committed to promoting self-determination, amplification of voice and status, and empowerment of marginalized women, persons with disabilities, youth, Endorois youth, and other Indigenous and marginalized communities in Kenya.
Media Aid for Indigenous and Pastoralists Community was formed by a journalist to empower Indigenous and pastoralist communities, who have suffered historical injustices as a result of colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories, and resources. These injustices have prevented them from exercising their rights to development in accordance with their own needs and interests.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
