Article: RIGHTS: INDIGENOUS WOMEN SPEAK OUT AT U.N. SPECIAL SESSION

Article: International Indigenous Women's Forum declaration: ...
Women's Health Journal;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... We, the women of the International Indigenous Women's Forum, have come together in ... the Millennium Development Goals, indigenous women continue to face a crisis stemming ... commit to stronger action to advance indigenous women's human rights at this critical ...

Article: "I Give You Back": Indigenous Women Writing to ...
Studies in American Indian Literatures;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... recently hosted a conference called Indigenous Women and Feminism: Culture, Activism ... the call for papers stated that "indigenous women and feminist issues remain undertheorized ... theory," a colleague reminded me that Indigenous women and feminist issues have not been ...

Article: Grief in Gaol: indigenous women's incarceration ...
Women in Action;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Indigenous women in Australia face a multitude of ... alarming increase in the number of Indigenous women imprisoned in recent years. Within ... why is the number of imprisoned Indigenous women continuing to rise? The study points ...

Article: Fed: Employed indigenous women likely to have ...
AAP General News (Australia);  May 14, 2007 ;     564 words ... ... Australia) 05-14-2007 Fed: Employed indigenous women likely to have better health By Susanna ... May 14 AAP - Less than half of all indigenous women rate their health as very good, according ... violence and general wellbeing of indigenous women in Australia, shows that just 40 ...

Article: The violence that Indigenous women face.(INDIAN ...
Canadian Dimension;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... troubling statistics of violence that face Indigenous women in Canada. According to records held ... there are currently at least 500 Indigenous women that have been murdered or missing ... violence routinely perpetuated against Indigenous women. The root cause of this murderous ...

Article: Indigenous women are victims of violence at ...
AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... A Canadian lawyer said over 500 indigenous women have died as a result of sexual violence ... toward gender equality neared an end, indigenous women held a news conference Thursday to ... level of violence it produces. "For indigenous women, gender-based violence is fueled ...

Article: UN: Indigenous Women Victims of Violence
AP Online;  March 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... A Canadian lawyer said over 500 indigenous women have died as a result of sexual violence ... toward gender equality neared an end, indigenous women described the double discrimination ... level of violence it produces. "For indigenous women, gender-based violence is fueled ...