International Day of the World's Indigenous Women and Girls

Starting today at  UN Geneva , the  93rd session of the CEDAW Committee . Reports of Kazakhstan, Cook Islands, Kenya, Rep. of Moldova, Paraguay, Togo, Angola & Cabo Verde will be reviewed. CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; 93rd Session (05 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026).  Watch live!

- 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, highlightin...