Ms. Haman Hajara, African Indigenous Women Organization

Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

The present expert paper was submitted in December 2004 by Forum experts Ole Henrik Magga, Ida Nicolaisen and Mililani Trask, and two outside experts, Dr. Tove Skutnabb Kangas, Roskilde University, Denmark, and Åbo Akademi University Vasa, Finland and Robert Dunbar, Reader in Law and Celtic, King's College, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

The 1989 ILO Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries resolution 2005 51

One of the specific recommendations to ILO was to design, in conjunction with the ILO constituents and indigenous nationalities, a decent work plan for indigenous nationalities, in a public private partnership framework.5

Under the Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (see paras. 10 16 below) training tools are currently being developed for indigenous peoples on ILO instruments other than Convention No. 169 that are of relevance to them.

Aboriginal people

Mr. Murata (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) reiterated his agency's commitment to indigenous issues and reported on two of its major activities to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger among indigenous peoples.

One such service employs indigenous women (and includes indigenous women on its management board), while in another jurisdiction a community organization is funded to provide support, advice, referral and telephone counselling to prisoners and families.

The development of decent work agendas for indigenous peoples offers an opportunity for ILO constituents (workers' and employers' organizations) to work in partnership with indigenous peoples.

ILO recommends that the Forum undertake to further the process initiated by the workshop on data collection concerning indigenous peoples.

These initiatives aim at the promotion of the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples through implementation of the principles of ILO Convention No. 169

ILO has been actively involved in ongoing work at the international level on indigenous issues.

A number of ILO initiatives under these thematic areas have a direct impact on indigenous and tribal peoples.

Recalling the Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, 1989 (No. 169), of the International Labour Organization,

(n)bis. Recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples and workers consistent with relevant International Labour Office Conventions.

Health of Aboriginal peoples

Indigenous peoples organizations

c. Indigenous People

Indigenous peoples

280 indigenous women participating in the first National Indigenous Women's Conference

Follow up to previous special themes Indigenous children and youth (2003) and Indigenous women (2004)

Follow up to previous special themes Indigenous children and youth (2003) and Indigenous women (2004)

Indigenous issues.

Indigenous children and education.

(b) Indigenous women

Indigenous women

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Indigenous issues

Loss of indigenous languages

Indigenous issues.

Indigenous women's leadership

Indigenous Women's Projects

c. Aboriginal Hostels

(c) Indigenous peoples organizations

The Universal Declaration on Indigenous Rights and the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, both of which were still being negotiated, would help ensure that indigenous rights were preserved and respected.

References to the protection of collective rights in the constitutions of certain countries also have to be acted upon by those countries.

The Australian Government is committed to closing the educational divide between indigenous and non indigenous students.

Indigenous indicators of poverty

Indigenous strategies to combat poverty

22nd meeting Indigenous issues

20th meeting Indigenous issues

Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution

Recommendations to indigenous peoples

(a) Indigenous children and youth