Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact AIPP Foundation

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Asia Indigenous Peoples
Pact (AIPP) Foundation

• AIPP is a regional indigenous peoples network
  conceived in 1988 officially founded in 1992 .
  Its secretariat is based in Chiangmai, Thailand
• Aim to strengthen the process of building
  cooperation and solidarity among indigenous
  peoples of Asia.
• It is committed to the cause of promoting and
  revitalizing indigenous systems and institutions
  and their control over their traditional
  territories and their own development and future.
  
• It was created out of the need felt to formulate
  common strategies to promote the collective
  rights and restore the self esteemed of Asian
  Indigenous peoples

• Current Membership - 27 IPOs from 15
  countries and about 100 IPOs as contacts from
  South and Southeast Asia.

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Programme Activities

• Advocacy and Networking
• 2. Organisational Strengthening
• 3. HRs Campaign and Policy Advocacy
• 4. Research and Information Dissemination
• 5. Regional Capacity Building Programme
• 6. Youth Programme
• 7. Women Programme

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Programme Activities

• AIPP had worked to bring the struggle of IPs to
  the attention of international community by
  facilitating members participation at the
  international meetings (UNWGIP, UNWGDD, UNPFII,
  UNCHR/HRC, UNEMRIP, CBD processes)
• Coordinated making of presentations
  interventions on behalf of members coordinating
  networking activities and communications among
  the networking groups
• Coordinated intl. events such as prep meetings
  for PFII, WCC,WGDD, COP7 and WG-ABS etc. Co
  organized with IIFB intl. workshop on FPIC in
  2004
• Develop national level training on Policy
  advocacy and national networking meetings to
  build links and understanding among IPOs
  themselves
• It advocate for the collective rights of IPs
  IWs rights as one of its key focus lobbying
  for IW rights is done in tandem with the
  assertion of the rights of IPs through the
  promotion of traditional system and values

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AIPP Policy on Gender its advocacy at the
regional/intl. level

• It has a policy of gender justice integrates the
  interest of women in all activities of the
  orgn. ensure equal representation of women in
  regional intl. meetings/Conferences
• Work towards promotion and protection of IW
  rights by acknowledging the traditional roles of
  IW as transmitters of TK and cultural values to
  the community
• Encourage womens participation in the decision
  making processes at all levels
• Work for the promotion of IWs right through
  networking, campaign, awareness raising,
  education and training
• It work in collaborative manner with regional
  women's organization such as AIWN and APWLD it
  has been active in the Indigenous Women
  Biodiversity Network, an intl forum for IW
  working at the CBD

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AIPPs role in the intervention of VAIW

• Implementation of training program on Gender
  Justice and training of women in decision making
  (TIWDM) This strengthen womens social status
  and confidence, fortifies their capacity to
  assert their rights confront gender-based
  violence
• This training provided wide range of knowledge
  related to their rights privilege, about the
  natl. legislation intl. laws regarding the
  rights of women
• The training also serve as a platform of exchange
  among women for sharing of experiences cases
  reported were analyze and concluded that women
  subordination within the families and communities
  also arises from attitudes and policies that
  violate collective indigenous rights
• Training have been conducted in Cambodia,
  Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Burma,
  Philippines, Nepal, NE India and Indonesia

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Challenges of doing work on VAIW at the regional
level

• Language barrier is a big challenge those who
  are not familiar with English as lingua franca in
  the region are often left out
• Funding needs when funding is a constraint for
  most IPOs capacity development activities and
  related advocacy work is hindered
• Commitment and capacity of the local organization
  also determine for the continuity of the work

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Conclusion

• AIPP is further committed to carry forward the
  women programme as a full fledged program of the
  organization with the GA fully endorsing for it
  It will also focus in mainstreaming women issues
  within AIPP programmes through the creation of
  strong inter-programme strategy
• The new program will include
• 1. advocacy on policy change of indigenous women,
• 2. to engage in dialogue of the leaders and women
  for the reformation of traditional structure
  discriminatory to women
• 3. capacity development of IW on issues such as
  women human rights, economic justice, climate
  change, collective rights strengthening of IW
  through implementation of UNDRIP and
• 4. to facilitate IW representation in the intl
  processes etc.

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