World Conference of Indigenous Women 

Progress and Challenges Regarding the Future We Want Lima, 28-30 October 2013

 

Lima Declaration

 

¡Indigenous Women Towards Inclusion and Visibility!

 

We, Indigenous women from the seven sociocultural regions of the world, met at the World  Conference  of  Indigenous  Women,  ‘Progress  and  Challenges  Regarding  the Future We Want’ in Lima, Peru, from October 28th to the 30th of 2013. Our gathering included elders and youth, urban and rural, knowledge holders and healers, activists and artists.

 

We were honoured by the participation of our allies and supporters, including UN agencies, UN mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples, Global Coordinating Group -World Conference of Indigenous Peoples (GCG-WCIP), contributors, governments, and organizations in solidarity. We shared our stories, struggles, victories, challenges and proposals to move us forward, building upon what we have already achieved.

 

We have based our discussions on the contributions of those women who came before us, as well as our aspirations for future generations. We celebrated the strength, beauty and expertise of Indigenous women at this gathering and around the world.

 

We, Indigenous women, assert our right to self-determination, which encompasses the direct, full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples; including the vital role of Indigenous women in all matters related to our human rights, political status, and well - being. We endorse the principle: “Nothing about us, without us", and further declare "Everything about us, with us.”

 

We, Indigenous women, affirm our responsibility to protect the Earth, our Mother. Indigenous women experience the same pain and impacts from the physical abuse and excessive exploitation of the natural world, of which we are an integral part. We will defend our lands, waters, territories and resources, which are the source of our survival, with our lives.

 

Protection of Mother Earth is a historic, sacred and continuing responsibility of the world’s Indigenous Peoples, as the ancestral guardians of the Earth’s lands, waters, oceans, ice, mountains and forests. These have sustained our distinct cultures, spirituality, traditional economies, social structures, institutions, and political relations from immemorial times. Indigenous women play a primary role in safeguarding and sustaining Mother Earth and her cycles.

 

Today, at this time of compounded crises of climate change and impending irreversible loss of biological diversity, we, Indigenous women, underscore the duty of States to protect the territories of Indigenous Peoples, as critical areas for the social, cultural and ecological recovery and resilience of humankind and the natural world.

 

For Indigenous Peoples, our lands and territories comprise not only the geographical and physical areas of our lands, waters, oceans, ice, mountains and forests, but also the profound cultural, social and spiritual relationships, values and responsibilities, that connect us to our ancestral homelands.

 

Indigenous peoples’ sovereign jurisdiction over our lands, territories and resources is the foundation of our rights to self-determination, self-governance and free, prior and informed consent. State violations and failure to uphold these rights are a primary source of conflicts and overlapping claims by extractive industries, forest concessions, energy programmes, and other harmful projects arising from a failed and exploitative model of economic growth and development.

 

Indigenous women call upon states to recognize and respect our rights to lands, territories and resources as enshrined in Indigenous customary law, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and other international human rights instruments. This includes our right to freely pursue our own economic, social, and cultural development.

 

There is an urgent need to implement the rights enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous women are active human rights defenders of all individual and collective human rights of our peoples. We often bear the burden of social and environmental harms arising from the consistent denial and violation of our human rights and the lack of implementation and accountability of States.

 

Indigenous women and girls experience multiple forms of discrimination, lack of access to education and health care, high rates of poverty, maternal and child mortality.  We are subject to all forms of violence, such as domestic violence and sexual abuse, including in the contexts of trafficking, armed conflict, environmental violence and extractive industries.

 

As Indigenous women, we recognize the importance of sexual and reproductive health and education for all ages.  This includes our associated rights to culturally appropriate health and education services in our communities, and the right to exercise, maintain, and control our own health knowledge and practices.

 

We call for zero tolerance for all forms of discrimination, and all forms of violence against Indigenous women and girls, which are among the worst and most pervasive forms of human rights violations perpetrated against Indigenous Peoples.

 

Finally, we affirm that Indigenous women have knowledge, wisdom, and practical experience, which has sustained human societies over generations. We, as mothers, life givers, culture bearers, and economic providers, nurture the linkages across generations and are the active sources of continuity and positive change.

 

In regard to forthcoming global events:

 

1. We call upon the WCIP to include the proposals in the Alta Outcome Document for the establishment of effective mechanisms to hold States accountable to their human rights and other obligations.

 

2. We  call  upon  the  WCIP  to  prioritize  the  issues  and  concerns  of  Indigenous Women in all the themes, organizational arrangements, outcome documents, and to ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous women, including elders and youth, as well as to prioritize the effective implementation of the Action Plan and recommendations arising from the Global Conference of Indigenous Women.

 

3. We call upon States, the UN system, and all relevant actors to ensure the effective implementation of the Plan of Action and Recommendations arising from the World Conference of Indigenous Women, including through the provision of sufficient financial resources and other support within the frameworks and processes of Beijing+20, Cairo+20 and the Post 2015 Development Agenda, processes in which States, the UN system, and all relevant actors should also ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous women, including elders and youth.

 

4. We, Indigenous women, ratify the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women subscribed in Huairou, China, 1995. We do so because the recommendations of this Declaration, written 18 years ago, are still valid. Thus, we call upon States, the UN system, and all relevant actors to ensure the effective implementation of these recommendations.

 

We thank our hosts, the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Peru, in particular CHIRAPAQ, Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru, and the International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas, Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact, The African Indigenous Women’s Organization, Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México, Asian Indigenous Women’s Network, Indigenous Women's Human Rights Council of the Pacific Region, and Indigenous Information Network.

 

Also, we thank all our supporters, UNPFII, UN Women, FAO, UNFPA, UNDP, Ministerio de Cultura Peru, The Christensen Fund, Tamalpais Trust, Fondo Indígena, AECID, Global Fund for Women, IWGIA, Channel Foundation, Mama Cash, and Ford Foundation. Together, we will continue the construction of our movement in favor of our rights.

Lima, October 30th, 2013

 

UNDERSIGNED BY

 

AFRICA
1 Cameroon Bouba Aeisatu The Mbororo Pastoralists and Forest
Women
2 Cameroon Gambo Aminatu Samiratu Lelewal Foundation
3 4	Congo Kenia	Nzimba Carine Edna Kayotopo	Asociación por los derechos de las mujeres indígenas del Congo Indigenous Information Network
5	Kenia	Joseph Ole Simel	GCG – África
6	Kenia	Eunice Sinore	MPIDO
7	Kenia	Agnes Leina	Il’laramatak Community Concerns – ICC
8	Kenia	Maria Ngitari Latobany	ESEC Women Group – Samburu County
9	Kenia	Anne Siantayo Samate	MPIDO
10	Kenia	Raffala Bulyaar	Kivulini Trust
11	Kenia	Alice Lesepen	Merigo Indigenous Women Group
12	Nigeria	Martha Neanwi Agbani	MOSOP
13	Papua New Guinea	Rose Pihei	Autonmous Bougainville Gobernment
14	Rwanda	Martha Muhawenimana	COPORWA
15 16	Rwanda South Africa	Kanzayire Dativa Delaria Baba Festus	Association pour le Développement Global des Batwa du Rwanda – ADBR Kalagadi Youth and Women
17	Sudan	Winnie Kodi	Development Network Delibaya Nuba Women Development
18	Tanzania	Esupat Ngulupa	Organization Indigenous Information Network
19	Uganda	Margaret Lomonyang	Indigenous Information Network
THE ARTIC
20 Canada Ruth Massie Council of Yukon First Nations
21 Alaska Monica Charles
Leinberger
Tundra Women´s Coalition
22 Alaska Dalee Sambo Dorough UNPFII
23 Finland Anne Aikio
24 Finland Toumas Aslak Juuso GCG - Youth Caucus
25 Greenland Aili Liimakka Laue ICC
26 Greenland Aviaja Egede Lynge ICC
27 Norway Gudrun E E Lindi Sami Women’s Forum
ASIA
Bangladesh	Myentthein Promila	AIPP
29	Cambodia	Sreynean Loek	Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association
30	China	Xingmei Long	Eco-Women
31	China	Xiaohan Ye	Eco-Women
32	Taiwan	Jocelyn Hung Chien	Youth Caucus
33	Philippines	Victoria Tauli-Corpuz	TEBTEBBA
34	Philippines	Raymond de Chavez	TEBTEBBA
35	Philippines	Joji Carino	Forrest People Program
36 Philippines Mila Lingbawan Singson AIPP
37 Philippines Dumas Mary Louise Madagway Babaeyon under Amihan
NMR
38 India Sushila Maya Gole Nepal Rirae Rai Org.
39 India Mamta Kujur AIPP
40 India Meenakshi Munda Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network
41 Indonesia Romba Marannu
Sombolinggi
PeremPuan
42 Malaysia Cynthia Ong Land Empowerment Animal People
43 Nepal Chet Kumari Indigenous Peer Group Nepal
44 Nepal Yasso Kanti Bhattanchan NIWF
45 Nepal Shanti Jirel NIWF
46 Thailand Nittaya Earkanna AIPP
47 Thailand Joan Carling GCG – Asia / AIPP
48 Thailand Wanitchaya Kanthayuang IWNT
49 East Timor Merita Marques FEEO
LATIN AMERICA
50 Argentina Isabel Condori CONAMI
51 Argentina Elizabeth González CONAMI
52 Argentina Carmen Liliana Burgos CONAMI
53 Argentina Verónica Huilipan COM
54 Argentina Mariel de los Angeles CONAMI
55 Argentina Natalia Sarapura Fondo Indígena
56 Argentina Eva Gamboa CONAMI
57 Belice Dona Felicita Cantun Instituto Maya de Belice
58 Bolivia Mariana Guasania CIDOB
59 Bolivia Judyth Rivero CNAMIB
60 Bolivia Elizabeth Osco Mamani Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de
Pucarani
61 Bolivia Demetria Huallpa Donoso SITRAHOS
62 Bolivia Bernardina Laura Patti Centro de Mujeres Candelaria
63 Bolivia Juanita Ancieta CNMCIOB Bartolina Sisa
64 Bolivia Teresa Santusa Alarcón CNMCIOB Bartolina Sisa
65 Brasil Chirley De Souza Almeida
Santos
CONAMI
66 Brasil Samantha de Carvalho Comisión Nacional de la Juventud
67 Brasil Francinara Soares Martins COIAB
68 Chile Diva Millapan Red de Mujeres Mapuche de Chile
69 Chile Inés Carbajal
70 Chile Jeannette Paillán CLACPI
71 Colombia Roseli Finscue ONIC-CRIC
72 Colombia Ligia Valenzuela ONIC
Colombia	Clemencia Herrera	Corporación Cultural Ecológica MUTESA
74	Colombia	Carol Gonzáles	OPIAC - COICA
75	Colombia	Gerardo Jumí	CAOI
76	Colombia	Rosalba Velasco	ACIN
77	Colombia	Evelyn Acosta	Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu
78	Colombia	Emilse Paz Labio	ACIN
79	Colombia	Marcela Amador Ospina	Corporación Ensayo
80	Costa Rica	Irma Maroto	Foro Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas de Costa Rica
81	Costa Rica	Esther Camac	Associacion Ixa Cavaa para la Informacion y el Desarrollo Indigena
82	Costa Rica	Magaly Lazaro	Mesa Nacional de la Juventud
83	Ecuador	Silvia Tibi	CONAIE
84	Ecuador	Gloria Ushigua Santi	Asoc. de Mujeres Sapara del Ecuador “Ashinwaka”
85	Ecuador	Mónica Chuji	GONOAE (Ex CONFENIAE)
86	Ecuador	Blanca Chancoso	ECUARUNARI
87	Ecuador	Carmen Lozano	ECUARUNARI
88	El Salvador	Betty Pérez	CCNIS / CICA
89	El Salvador	Amadeo Martínez	CICA
90	Guatemala	Everarda Tista de León	CONAVIGUA
91	Guatemala	Rosalina Tuyuc	CONAVIGUA
92	Guatemala	Manuela Alvarado	Alianza Política Sector de Mujeres
93	Guatemala	Alvaro Pop	UNPFII
94	Guatemala	Teresa Zapeta	Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México
95	Guatemala	Matilde Chocooj Coc	Cultural Survival
96	Guatemala	Maria del Rosario Sul Gonzales	Asociacion de Radio Ixchel
97	Guatemala	Norma Sactic Suque	CONMAGAXI
98	Guatemala	Otilia Lux	FIMI-IIWF
99	Guatemala	Paola Nicte Coti Lux	Asociación Con Ciencia
100	Honduras	María Esperanza Pineda	COMPAH
101	Honduras	Reina Corea López	Movimiento Indígena Lenca
102	Honduras	Wendy García	COMPAH
103	Mexico	Dulce Patricia Torres Sandoval	CONAMI
104	Mexico	Fabiola del Jurado	CONAMI
105	Mexico	Norma Don Juan Pérez	CONAMI
106	Mexico	Margarita Gutiérrez	COEMI / CONAMI
107	Mexico	Elvia Beltrán Villade	RITA / CIMA
108	Mexico	Guadalupe Martínez	Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México
109	Mexico	Dalí Angel	Red de Jóvenes Indígenas de Centroamérica y México
Mexico	Martha Sánchez	Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México
111	Mexico	Teresa Emeterio	Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario
112	Nicaragua	Mirna Cunningham	UNPFII / CADPI
113	Nicaragua	Mirna Taylor	AMICA
114	Nicaragua	Margarita Antonio	CADPI
115	Nicaragua	Daisy Gerorge	GRAAN AMICA
116	Panama	Antonia Alba	CONAMUIP
117	Panama	Betzaida Davis	CONAMUIP
118	Panama	Juliana Prado	ASMUNG
119	Panama	Dialys Ehrman	Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México
120	Panama	Marieta Cases	ASMUNG
121	Panama	Ana de Obaldía	ASMUNG
122	Paraguay	Hilaria Cruzabie	CONAMURI
123	Paraguay	Ángela Sales	Consejo Continental de la Nación Guaraní
124	Paraguay	Faustina Alvarenga	REDMIB LAC
125	Peru	Elsa Cardenas Reinaga	OMIL
126	Peru	Clelia Rivero Reginaldo	ONAMIAP
127	Peru	Rocío Chanca	ONAMIAP
128	Peru	Angela Chislla Palomino	ONAMIAP
129	Peru	Yerli Ventura Amasifuen	ONAMIAP
130	Peru	Tania Pariona	REOJIP /GCG - Youth
131	Peru	Jaqueline Pérez Suasnabar	REOJIP
132	Peru	Ruth Francisco	REOJIP
133	Peru	Yenne Bellido Béjar	Coordinadora Nacional de Comunicación Indígena
134	Peru	Irene Guimaraes Rojas	Coordinadora Nacional de Comunicación Indígena
135	Peru	Rogelia Lizana Rupay	Coordinadora Nacional de Comunicación Indígena
136	Peru	Soledad Carrasco	Coordinadora Nacional de Comunicación Indígena
137	Peru	Cecilia Brito	CODEMIA
138	Peru	Pepita del Pilar Pereira Caritimati	ORDEPIAA
139	Peru	Ana Isabel Dariquebe	FENAMAD
140	Peru	Valbina Miguel Toribio	FECONAYA
141	Peru	Morelia Núñez Miguel	FECONAYA
142	Peru	Roxana Valencia	OMIL
143	Peru	Toribia Ojeda	FEMCA
144	Peru	Rocío Vanesa Aguilar	Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas Tahuantinsuyo
145	Peru	Amalia Luisa Florecín Paredes	Asociación de Mujeres Indígenas Tahuantinsuyo
146	Peru	Giovanna Altamira	Mujeres Unidas para un Pueblos Mejor
Huaman
147			Peru	Elizabeth Dania Luyo	Mujeres Unidas para un Pueblos Mejor
148			Peru	Tarcila Rivera Zea	CHIRAPAQ / ECMIA
149			Peru	Nadesca Pachao	CHIRAPAQ
150			Peru	Rita Castañeda	CHIRAPAQ
151			Peru	Celia Acasio	CHIRAPAQ
152			Peru	Beatriz Caritimari	FECONACHA
153			Peru	Rosa Poma	OMIL
154			Uruguay	Mónica Michelena Díaz	CONACHA
NORTH AMERICA
Canada	Willie Littlechild	EMRIP-OHCHR
156	Canada	Viviane Michel	FAQ-QNW
157	Canada	Joanne Ottereyes	FAQ-QNW
158	Canada	Linda Arsenault-Papatsie	Pauuktuutit
159	Canada	Isabella Marble	AFN
160	Canada	Therese Villeneuve	AFN
161 162	Canada Canada	Andrea Landry Barbara Morin	National Association of Friendship Centers NWAC
163	United States	Rosalee González	Red Xicana Indígena
164	United States	Agnes Williams	Indigenous Women’s Network
165	United States	Cynthia Pérez	Indigenous Women’s Network
166	United States	Andrea Carmen	CITI
167	United States	Alyssa Macy	GCG - Women’s Caucus / IITC
168	United States	Eve Reyes-Aguirre	GCG - Women’s Caucus
169	United States	Charlene O´Rourke	The FUSION Foundation
170	United States	Nellis Kennedy	The Sierra Club
171	United States	Suzanne Benally	Cultural Survival
THE PACIFIC
Australia Australia	Dea Thiele Sandra Creamer	The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human
174	Hawaii	Mililani Trask	Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human
175	Hawaii	Kaimana Barcarse	Rights Council Cultural Survival
176 177	Guam Indonesia	Lisa Natividad Ghazali Ohorella	The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human
178	New Zealand	Hema Wihongi-Broad	Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human
Rights Council
179 New Zealand Au’Birthly Kingi The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human
Rights Council
RUSSIA
Russia	Liubov Passar	RAIPON
181	Russia	Nadezda Bulatova	RAIPON
182	Russia	Butylkina Polina	CSIPN/RITC
183	Russia	Elida Atlasova	Yukagir Elders Council
184	Russia	Rodion Sulyandziga	UNPFII / RAIPON
SUPPORTED BY
185 Argentina Mariana López FIMI-IIWF
186 Argentina Ines Finchelstin FIMI-IIWF
187 Colombia Yohanis Amador FIMI-IIWF
188 Mexico Dolores Figueroa FIMI-IIWF
189 Mexico Cecilia Ramirez FIMI-IIWF
190 Nicaragua Maria Manuela Sequeira FIMI-IIWF
191 Nicaragua Nadezhda Fenly FIMI-IIWF
192 Bolivia María de Lourdes Pérez
Enríquez
193 Bolivia Aracely Burguete Cal y
Mayor
CIESAS - Sureste
194 United States GFW
195 Ecuador Rocio Rocero ACDemocracia
196 Chile Alejandra Faúndez Inclusión y Equidad
197 United States Natalia Caruso MADRE
198 Peru Lili Avensur Terra Nuova
199 Peru Nestor Casafranca CHIRAPAQ
200 Peru Róger Rumrrill CHIRAPAQ
201 Peru Verónica Vargas CHIRAPAQ
202 Peru Maria Ponce CHIRAPAQ
203 Peru Sonia Chia CHIRAPAQ
204 Peru Newton Mori CHIRAPAQ
205 Peru Angélica Ganiko CHIRAPAQ
206 Peru José Antonio Martínez CHIRAPAQ
207 Peru Luis Reyes CHIRAPAQ