Raise awareness of the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls and support their economic, social, and cultural development.
- ABOUT THE CEDAW RECOMMEMNDATION N°39 -
The CEDAW General Recommendation No. 39 is a landmark legal and policy guide adopted by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on October 26, 2022, to protect and advance the individual and collective rights of Indigenous women and girls globally.
Core Purpose and Scope
Intersectionality: The recommendation recognizes that Indigenous women and girls face unique, overlapping discrimination based on gender, indigeneity, race, class, age, and disability.
Individual and Collective Rights: It bridges women's human rights with the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples, applying both inside and outside traditional territories.
Global Scale: It addresses the realities of more than half of the world's estimated 476 million Indigenous people who are women and girls.
Key Areas Addressed
Gender-Based Violence: It details pervasive physical, sexual, psychological, and environmental violence, highlighting disproportionate risks of femicide, disappearances, and human trafficking.
Land and Environment: It affirms rights to self-determination, lands, territories, natural resources, and a clean environment.
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC): It mandates that States ensure the FPIC of Indigenous women and girls in decisions affecting their environment, sacred sites, green energy projects, or conservation lands.
Public Participation: It requires state action to secure equal political representation, access to justice, culturally appropriate healthcare, and quality education.
Core Purpose and Scope
Intersectionality: The recommendation recognizes that Indigenous women and girls face unique, overlapping discrimination based on gender, indigeneity, race, class, age, and disability.
Individual and Collective Rights: It bridges women's human rights with the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples, applying both inside and outside traditional territories.
Global Scale: It addresses the realities of more than half of the world's estimated 476 million Indigenous people who are women and girls.
Key Areas Addressed
Gender-Based Violence: It details pervasive physical, sexual, psychological, and environmental violence, highlighting disproportionate risks of femicide, disappearances, and human trafficking.
Land and Environment: It affirms rights to self-determination, lands, territories, natural resources, and a clean environment.
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC): It mandates that States ensure the FPIC of Indigenous women and girls in decisions affecting their environment, sacred sites, green energy projects, or conservation lands.
Public Participation: It requires state action to secure equal political representation, access to justice, culturally appropriate healthcare, and quality education.
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