REPUBLICA DEL PERU MISION PERMANENTE ANTE NACIONES UNIDAS REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR MISION PERMANENTE ANTE NACIONES UNIDAS FORO INTERNACIONAL DE MUJERES INDIGENAS INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND CEDAW: CHALLENGUES AND OPPORTUNITIES Side event organized by Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Continental Network of Indigenous Women (ECMIA) and International Forum of Indigenous Women (FIMI) on the occasion of the 13 th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Thursday, May 15 th 13.15 -2.30 pm Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber Participants: - Mrs. Raquel Gonzáles, Undersecretary for Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador. -Mrs. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director UN-Women and Assistant Secretery- General of the United Nations. -Mrs. Gladys Acosta, UN-Women former Chief of Latin American and the Caribbean Section and Peruvian Candidate to CEDAW. -Mrs. Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Executive Director of TEBTEBBA Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Philippines) and newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. -Mrs. Edna Kaptoyo, Indigenous Information Network,Kenya. -Mrs. Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University, United States. Moderator: Mrs. Tarcila Rivera Zea, Coordinator of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women (ECMIA). Background: The Permanent Forum at its Third Session (2004) recommended that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) pay special attention to the issues related to maintaining the integrity of indigenous women and the gender dimension of racial discrimination against indigenous peoples. 10 years has passed since that recommendation and CEDAW’s attention to the specific situation of indigenous women has increased. In 2007, the General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples so that indigenous women’s demands have gained high visibility in the last 10 years. This side event will thus provide an opportunity:

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REPUBLICA DEL PERUMISION PERMANENTE

ANTE NACIONES UNIDAS

REPUBLICA DEL ECUADORMISION PERMANENTE ANTE

NACIONES UNIDAS

FORO INTERNACIONAL DEMUJERES INDIGENAS

INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND CEDAW: CHALLENGUES AND OPPORTUNITIESSide event organized by Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Continental Network of Indigenous Women(ECMIA) and International Forum of Indigenous Women (FIMI) on the occasion of the 13th

Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Thursday, May 15th

13.15 -2.30 pm

Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber

Participants:

- Mrs. Raquel Gonzáles, Undersecretary for Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador.-Mrs. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director UN-Women and Assistant Secretery-General of the United Nations.-Mrs. Gladys Acosta, UN-Women former Chief of Latin American and the CaribbeanSection and Peruvian Candidate to CEDAW.-Mrs. Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Executive Director of TEBTEBBA Foundation (IndigenousPeoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Philippines) and newlyappointed Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.-Mrs. Edna Kaptoyo, Indigenous Information Network,Kenya.-Mrs. Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women’sGlobal Leadership, Rutgers University, United States.Moderator: Mrs. Tarcila Rivera Zea, Coordinator of the Continental Network ofIndigenous Women (ECMIA).

Background:

The Permanent Forum at its Third Session (2004) recommended that the Committee onthe Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) pay special attention to theissues related to maintaining the integrity of indigenous women and the genderdimension of racial discrimination against indigenous peoples.

10 years has passed since that recommendation and CEDAW’s attention to the specificsituation of indigenous women has increased. In 2007, the General Assembly adoptedthe UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples so that indigenous women’sdemands have gained high visibility in the last 10 years.

This side event will thus provide an opportunity:

to exchange views and experiences on how CEDAW and the UN Declaration canresult in greater prevention of discrimination and violence against indigenouswomen around the world.

To focus on the elaboration of a new CEDAW’s General Recommendation on theright of equality and non-discrimination of indigenous women in order toproduce a coherent application agreed upon articles of CEDAW with the aim toguarantee their rights.

Programme:

Presentation of the event by Undersecretary of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador willdescribe the main objectives and the importance of this event to the rights ofindigenous women

Presentation by UN-Women on the relationship between CEDAW and UN-Women onthe promotion and protection on the rights of indigenous women

Questions posed to the panellists by the Moderator in order to learn their views onhow the CEDAW and UN Declaration contribute to the elimination of violence anddiscrimination of indigenous women.

Mrs. Tarcila Rivera Zea, will moderate the debate and close the event providing anoverview of the CEDAW action to promote indigenous women’s rights worldwide.

Followed by questions and answers

A Light lunch, refreshments and coffee will be served from 12:30 to 1:00 pm on theFirst Floor of the Conference Building.