An official of the United Nation’s (UN) International Labor Organization (ILO) on Thursday called on the Philippines to give indigenous peoples, particularly women, more economic and leadership opportunities as they can help the country grow. Read the rest of this entry »
ILO: Indigenous women can help PHL grow
March 9, 2012
Muslim execs urge De Lima: Implement indigenous people’s rights law
August 20, 2011
Muslim leaders pleaded to justice officials to fully implement the Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 which recognizes the rights of indigenous people and the role of the government to safeguard their well being. Read the rest of this entry »
Int’l group probes alleged land-grab by foreign firms
June 5, 2011
An international fact-finding team is in the country to investigate the alleged land-grabbing by Philippine, Japanese and Taiwanese companies of some 11,000 hectares from indigenous peoples in Isabela to build the biggest bio-ethanol project in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
DepEd develops curriculum for indigenous peoples
September 16, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has initiated the development of an education curriculum that was designed to meet the learning needs of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) communities. Read the rest of this entry »
Human-rights-based approach to development: making it possible in RP
August 17, 2010
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The European Union through its Manila office, the Delegation of the European Union in the Philippines, and Dinteg, the Cordillera Indigenous Peoples’ Legal Rights Center, recently launched a five-year project that will enhance the capacity of indigenous peoples for a more consolidated political participation and representation in development. Read the rest of this entry »
Indigenous peoples voice agenda to P.Noy
August 15, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Indigenous peoples are urging the Aquino administration to put an end to the marginalization of indigenous communities. Read the rest of this entry »
Soldiers in Philippines drive tribal people from homes
August 6, 2010
Members of an indigenous Dumagat community from the mountains of Rodriguez, Rizal, just east of Manila have fled their homes after soldiers reportedly drove them away from their village. Read the rest of this entry »
12M indigenous people suffer poverty, abuses
February 11, 2010
AT least 12 million indigenous people in the Philippines continue to suffer from poverty and human rights abuses, a United Nations State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples report said. Read the rest of this entry »
Commission on Human Rights to probe displacement of Manobos
August 30, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Human Rights (CHR) head Leila de Lima will personally lead an investigative mission this weekend in Surigao del Sur, where 1,700 people, mostly Manobos, have reportedly been displaced by the raging armed conflict between government forces and communist rebels. Read the rest of this entry »
Treaty urges govt to protect indigenous peoples
August 22, 2009
Human Rights commissioner says fighting in Mindanao has caused concern among United Nations experts
A United Nations human rights treaty has urged the Philippines to protect indigenous peoples (IPs) from armed conflict, extrajudicial killings and discrimination, as the body examined the Philippines’ compliance with the international Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(CERD) . Read the rest of this entry »
