An objective of the Decade is the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous people and their empowerment to make choices which enable them to retain their cultural identity while participating in political, economic and social life, with full respect for their cultural values, languages, traditions and forms of social organization

Educational inequalities are a fundamental barrier for indigenous peoples – almost 47 per cent of indigenous adults in employment have no education compared to 17 per cent of non-indigenous adults. There are over 476 million indigenous peoples globally constituting over 6 percent of the world’s population.

The Policy and these guidelines form a part of the GCF ESMS. The ESMS enables GCF to identify, analyse, avoid, minimize and mitigate any potential adverse environmental and social impacts of its activities, to maximize environmental and social benefits, and to improve the environmental and social performance of GCF and its activities consistently over time.

Canada and Indigenous peoples should work together to produce legislation which recognizes and affirms Indigenous self-determination. While far from perfect, Indigenous peoples in the United States have created receptive policy frameworks with Congressional allies which builds law on principles of self-determination.

Drawing on new ILO data, this brief analyses the vulnerabilities of indigenous and tribal peoples in the COVID-19 context and identifies urgent and continuing actions to ensure their access to decent work and social protection, as part of the unfolding COVID-19 response and recovery. Highlighting relevant international labour standards and the importance of social dialogue for advancing solutions, the brief also underlines that state institutions for indigenous and tribal peoples’ participation and consultation are essential for building pathways to resilience and sustainable development that leave no one behind.

It is noted that today, at the international level, there are no instruments that ensure comprehensive protection of traditional knowledge. The author concludes that WIPO and UNESCO currently carry out the main work aimed at providing the protection of traditional knowledge. However, other international organizations and conferences, such as WHO, WTO, FAO, UNCTAD and Conference of the Parties of CBD in their work are also addressed some aspects associated with the preservation of traditional knowledge.

Biopirates use Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as tool to steal traditional knowledge and exploit biological resources and this happens because of some limitations in IPR system. Therefore it is required to introduce some sui-generis elements in the existing IPR system.

The study aims to explore on how indigenous knowledge can be incorporated effectively in the training of teachers in Namibia.

This paper highlights the risks of not taking on board the time-tested contributions that Indigenous Peoples have and continue to make for sustainability and territorial management, amongst other dimensions. It also addresses the ongoing policy contradictions and limitations in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Climate Change Conference of Parties’ (COP) debates and international agreements about sustainability.

This study focuses on Indigenous women facing multiple forms of disadvantage and discrimination because of gender and identity, from both within and outside communities.