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IWONET Strategy harnesses long-standing commitment to indigenous women. Despitedifferences among indigenous communities, Indigenous women have some commonconcerns with the Indigenous population as a whole. In addition to the loss of theirterritories in 1990’s, Indigenous people also lost their traditional livelihood and self-sufficiency. Moreover, social, economic and political marginalization, as well as racialstereotyping, discrimination, and the […]
Indigenous women have confronted unique problems stemming from stereotypes ofthem perpetuated by non-Indigenous men since contact. Such stereotypes haverendered Indigenous women vulnerable to violence and mistreatment. The removal ofIndigenous people from their land, their placement on reserves and the loss of thetraditional male roles of hunter-provider have caused role conflicts, frustration and angerwhich often finds […]
While many Indigenous women share goals for the advancement of their people, theirvoices are often ignored by the Indigenous leadership and male-dominated politicalorganizations. Indigenous women experience a broad, multifaceted and complexspectrum of mutually reinforcing human rights abuses. They are disproportionatelyaffected by systemic discrimination, excluded from local and national politicalprocesses, and the targets of multiple forms […]
IWONET conducts research and attends meetings and conferences locally, nationallyand internationally to give indigenous women a voice and representation where theirinterests are at stake. IWONET is involved in the regional, national and internationalprocesses that affect the lives of indigenous women especially on issues of environmentand development such as food, climate change, habitat, health and education.IWONET […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, calls have been made for continuing analyses ofits impacts on and dynamics among the most vulnerable groups and peoples.Indigenous women have been recognized as one of the groups at heightened risk forCOVID-19 and its many adverse socio-economic and other impacts.The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Uganda was in […]