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Paragraph #111Session #4 (2005)

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Improve and increase indigenous women's economic and social conditions through: (a) expansion of employment opportunities; (b) Promotion of the professionalization of their traditional skills, arts and crafts; c) Access to resources, including microcredit, new technologies and agricultural input; (d) Support the regional meetings of indigenous women and organize training on international, regional and national mechanisms

Responses

The Government of Mexico states the following in its report to the fifth session (E/C.19/2006/4/Add.3): Various projects that directly benefit indigenous peoples throughout the country have been set up and supported in order to experiment with training methods, technical support for productive employment, methodologies for social organization and incentives for community-based activities. The projects are designed to assist indigenous peoples, in particular women. They have been funded by NGOs, civil-society organizations and private companies. Local indigenous organizations in the various states of the Republic have also received support in the form of training and technical assistance, which has had a direct impact on beneficiaries. Please see report for further details.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)

Area of Work

Indigenous Women and Girls