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Addressee: UN Agencies Funds and Programmes - UN System
Paragraph Number: 55
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum reiterates its recommendations on economic and social development made at its second session, in particular those contained in chapter I, section B, paragraphs 26-28, 33-34, 36, 39 and 44 of the report.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: UN system, UNIFEM, UNICEF and Member States
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that appropriate United Nations organizations, including the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as States, take immediate action to review and monitor the situation of indigenous women and provide comprehensive reports on violence against indigenous women and girls, particularly sexual violence and violence in the context of armed conflict. Indigenous women must be full participants in this process.
Area of Work: Indigenous Women
Addressee: UN Systems/UN Agencies
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum expresses concern about the situation of indigenous men, who, in the development process, suffer losses in their traditional livelihoods in their family structures and their roles in the community, and face social challenges as a result, as shown by many social indices, and urges United Nations agencies to undertake a study on the changing role of indigenous men in the economic development process.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: IFIs
Paragraph Number: 55
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that international financial institutions adopt and incorporate the right of indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent, without qualification, into their safeguard policies and project-related instruments. International financial institutions must ensure that their clients and borrowers engage in processes with indigenous peoples affected by bank-financed projects to secure their free, prior and informed consent.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
