“Den Internationale Arbejdsgruppe for Indfødte – eller oprindelige – Folk” (IWGIA), der har verdenssekretariat i København, er aktiv for trængte folkeslag i Tanzania – et af dem er masaierne, som statsminister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) besøgte forleden.
One of IWGIA´s partners in Tanzania, PAICODEO, works in an area where forced evictions (tvangsforflyttelser) are a current struggle for indigenous (indfødte) peoples because of land grabbing and other factors.
IWGIA supports them to document these human rights violations and lobby the government to stop forced evictions, writes IWGIA in its latest newsletter Friday.
As Tanzania’s constitution is currently under review, IWGIA is supporting partners to lobby for indigenous peoples’ rights to be recognized in the new constitution.
IWGIA has supported partners in Kenya to do the same when their own constitution was revised in 2010.
Now, IWGIA´s Tanzanian partners, through the national civil society network for pastoralists and hunter gatherers (jægere og samlere), PINGOs Forum, have visited Kenya to gain insight into how lobbying proved successful there.
As part of Danida’s tri-annual review of IWGIA, Executive Director Lola García-Alix and Africa Coordinator Marianne Wiben Jensen are accompanying the review team in Tanzania.
They are visiting IWGIA´s partners there as well as some of the communities where the organization´s projects take place to see how funding is put to use.
Cykler til “barfodsadvokater”
IWGIA´s annual collection this year is raising funds to mobilize legal aid in Tanzania, providing bicycles for paralegals (ikke-uddannede jurakyndige) to enhance (øge) their capacity in the region.
This enable them to reach even the most remote pastoralist communities to document human rights violations and engage them in advocacy (være fortalere for f.eks. folkegrupper overfor myndighederne, red).
Man kan læse mere om projektet og evt. donere en cykel på
http://iwgia.org/iwgia/donation/annual-collection
Se også telegrammet
http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/07-03-13/helle-thorning-m-dt-af-dansende-masaier-som-nu-f-r
Kvinders “empowerment” i Longido-distriktet i Tanzania
In Tanzania IWGIA have seen women newly empowered in land rights issues.
A recent review of a land rights project, being supported in Longido district, found that in the last 10 to 15 years women have increasingly engaged themselves in land rights issues and local governance – a key success for the project.
Increased efforts by IWGIA´s indigenous partners to create awareness of land rights and provide training for women about their rights has enabled women to become their own agents.
Kilde: IWGIA
