World Assembly for the Amazon
This July 17 and 18 2020 COICA and the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin will present the structural problems in the context of Covid-19 in the «Framework of the World Assembly for the Amazon» 🌍 Leany Torres, Bernise Serataya and Elcio Manchineri invite you to participate in the virtual event organized by the COICA […]
Interview with AIDESEP President Lizardo Cauper
During the month of July 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the indigenous communities of the region. The President of the Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Jungle (AIDESEP), Lizardo Cauper, comments on the current situation of the pandemic in the Peruvian Amazon and the demands that they ask of the Peruvian […]
Message from the Indigenous Peoples of Tarapacá – Amazonas in regards to COVID-19
The National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC) released the video «Message from the Indigenous Peoples of Tarapacá – Amazonas in regards to COVID-19.» From the Aati ASOAINTAM – Asoaintam Tarapaca Association of Traditional Indigenous Authorities of Tarapaca Amazonas, they demand that the National Government take the necessary measures to avoid more […]
Diversidad Cultural y los Derechos Indígenas
Como parte del Proyecto CEFO Indígena que viene implementando Equitable Origin y la COICA estamos lanzando una variedad de productos relacionados con el apoyo a los derechos indígenas, incluidos los derechos culturales. De esta manera esperamos generar información y conocimiento sobre temas relevantes. Junto a la COICA esperamos formalmente lanzar esta Plataforma interactiva muy […]
Cultural Diversity & Indigenous Rights
As part of the Resource Hub Project that Equitable Origin and COICA have been implementing, we are launching a variety of products related to supporting indigenous rights, including cultural rights. This way we hope to generate information and knowledge on relevant topics. In alliance with COICA we hope to formally launch this interactive platform soon! […]
The Resource hub to Strengthen Indigenous Rights
On August 9, the world celebrates the International Day of Indigenous Peoples (IP). According to the United Nations (UN): “Indigenous peoples represent a great diversity: more than 5,000 different groups in over 90 countries who speak over 7,000 different languages around the world. They are made up of approximately 370 million people, which makes up […]
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – Indigenous migrants and displaced people in resilience
As part of the Resource Hub Project that Equitable Origin and COICA have been working on, we are launching a variety of tools related to supporting indigenous rights, including cultural rights. In this way we hope to generate information and knowledge on relevant topics. In alliance with COICA, we hope to formally launch this interactive platform soon! The International […]
«Indigenous Peoples have not been waiting for help. Help that we know will never come.»
The Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon and throughout the Americas have centuries of experience facing deadly threats. For more than 500 years we have faced invasions, the loss of our ancestral territories, ethnic and socioeconomic discrimination that result in evictions, diseases, deaths, and the constant threat of cultural and physical extermination. For decades, big companies […]
Death of three indigenous Kukamas in the Peruvian Amazon
As part of the Resource Hub Project that Equitable Origin and COICA have been working on, we are launching a variety of tools related to supporting indigenous rights, including cultural rights. In this way, we hope to generate information and knowledge on relevant topics. In partnership with COICA, we will formally launch this interactive platform soon! Three Indigenous People […]
Strategic Partnerships in Times of Pandemic: The Successful Case of COICA-CONFENIAE and the Fundación Raíz
On Wednesday August 19, 2020, the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and Equitable Origin (EO), held their second webinar entitled «Indigenous Organizations as emerging actors in the battle against COVID-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon. » This seminar had the participation of Tuntiak Katan, Vice Coordinator of COICA; Manuel Pallares, President […]