Rights of indigenous peoples (2020), para. 09

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Taking note with appreciation of the agreed conclusions of the sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 11 in which Governments at all levels and as appropriate, with the relevant entities of the United Nations system and international and regional organizations, within their respective mandates and bearing in mind national priorities, were urged to promote and protect the rights of indigenous women and girls living in rural and remote areas by addressing the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and barriers they face, including violence, ensuring access to quality and inclusive education, health care, public services, economic resources, including land and natural resources, and women’s access to decent work, and promoting their meaningful participation in the economy and in decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas, while respecting and protecting their traditional and ancestral knowledge, and while recognizing their cultural, social, economic, political and environmental contributions, including to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and noting the importance for indigenous women and girls of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Girls
  • Women
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9