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Addressee: UNICEF, UNESCO

Paragraph Number: 75
Session: 10 (2011)
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The Permanent Forum requests that UNICEF and UNESCO support intercultural and bilingual education programmes in conjunction with the indigenous peoples concerned, paying special attention to the right of girls to primary and secondary education.

Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, Education

Addressee: Member States

Paragraph Number: 34
Session: 15 (2016)
Full Text:

The Permanent Forum urges States to take the measures at the national level necessary for the prevention of self-harm and suicide among indigenous children and youth, in particular by promoting the training of experts in the field of psychology who focus on issues specific to indigenous peoples. Such special training should take into account economic, historical, social, ecological and other factors, such as the loss of indigenous languages, cultures and lands.

Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth