WORLD CONFERENCE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN Progress and Challenges Regarding the Future We Want

Lima, 28-30 October 2013

LIMA DECLARATION Indigenous Women Towards Inclusion and Visibility!

We, Indigenous women from the seven sociocultural regions of the world, met at the World Conference of Indigenous Women, Progress and Challenges Regarding the Future We Want in Lima, Peru, from October 28th to the 30th of 2013. Our gathering included elders and youth, urban and rural, knowledge holders and healers, activists and artists. We were honoured by the participation of our allies and supporters, including UN agencies, UN mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples, Global Coordinating Group-World Conference of Indigenous Peoples (GCG-WCIP), contributors, governments, and organizations in solidarity. We shared our stories, struggles, victories, challenges and proposals to move us forward, building upon what we have already achieved. We have based our discussions on the contributions of those women who came before us, as well as our aspirations for future generations. We celebrated the strength, beauty and expertise of Indigenous women at this gathering and around the world. We, Indigenous women, assert our right to self-determination, which encompasses the direct, full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples; including the vital role of Indigenous women in all matters related to our human rights, political status, and wellbeing. We endorse the principle: Nothing about us, without us", and further declare "Everything about us, with us. We, Indigenous women, affirm our responsibility to protect the Earth, our Mother. Indigenous women experience the same pain and impacts from the physical abuse and excessive exploitation of the natural world, of which we are an integral part. We will defend our lands, waters, territories and resources, which are the source of our survival, with our lives. Protection of Mother Earth is a historic, sacred and continuing responsibility of the worlds Indigenous Peoples, as the ancestral guardians of the Earths lands, waters, oceans, ice, mountains and forests. These have sustained our distinct cultures, spirituality, traditional economies, social structures, institutions, and political relations from immemorial times. Indigenous women play a primary role in safeguarding and sustaining Mother Earth and her cycles. Today, at this time of compounded crises of climate change and impending irreversible loss of biological diversity, we, Indigenous women, underscore the duty of States to protect the territories of Indigenous Peoples, as critical areas for the social, cultural and ecological recovery and resilience of humankind and the natural world.

For Indigenous Peoples, our lands and territories comprise not only the geographical and physical areas of our lands, waters, oceans, ice, mountains and forests, but also the profound cultural, social and spiritual relationships, values and responsibilities, that connect us to our ancestral homelands. Indigenous peoples sovereign jurisdiction over our lands, territories and resources is the foundation of our rights to self-determination, self-governance and free, prior and informed consent. State violations and failure to uphold these rights are a primary source of conflicts and overlapping claims by extractive industries, forest concessions, energy programmes, and other harmful projects arising from a failed and exploitative model of economic growth and development. Indigenous women call upon states to recognize and respect our rights to lands, territories and resources as enshrined in Indigenous customary law, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and other international human rights instruments. This includes our right to freely pursue our own economic, social, and cultural development. There is an urgent need to implement the rights enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous women are active human rights defenders of all individual and collective human rights of our peoples. We often bear the burden of social and environmental harms arising from the consistent denial and violation of our human rights and the lack of implementation and accountability of States. Indigenous women and girls experience multiple forms of discrimination, lack of access to education and health care, high rates of poverty, maternal and child mortality. We are subject to all forms of violence, such as domestic violence and sexual abuse, including in the contexts of trafficking, armed conflict, environmental violence and extractive industries. As Indigenous women, we recognize the importance of sexual and reproductive health and education for all ages. This includes our associated rights to culturally appropriate health and education services in our communities, and the right to exercise, maintain, and control our own health knowledge and practices. We call for zero tolerance for all forms of discrimination, and all forms of violence against Indigenous women and girls, which are among the worst and most pervasive forms of human rights violations perpetrated against Indigenous Peoples. Finally, we affirm that Indigenous women have knowledge, wisdom, and practical experience, which has sustained human societies over generations. We, as mothers, life givers, culture bearers, and economic providers, nurture the linkages across generations and are the active sources of continuity and positive change. In regard to forthcoming global events:

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We call upon the WCIP to include the proposals in the Alta Outcome Document for the establishment of effective mechanisms to hold States accountable to their human rights and other obligations. We call upon the WCIP to prioritize the issues and concerns of Indigenous Women in all the themes, organizational arrangements, outcome documents, and to ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous women, including elders and youth, as well as to prioritize the effective implementation of the Action Plan and recommendations arising from the Global Conference of Indigenous Women. We call upon States, the UN system, and all relevant actors to ensure the effective implementation of the Plan of Action and Recommendations arising from the World Conference of Indigenous Women, including through the provision of sufficient financial resources and other support within the frameworks and processes of Beijing+20, Cairo+20 and the Post 2015 Development Agenda, processes in which States, the UN system, and all relevant actors should also ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous women, including elders and youth. We, Indigenous women, ratify the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women subscribed in Huairou, China, 1995. We do so because the recommendations of this Declaration, written 18 years ago, are still valid. Thus, we call upon States, the UN system, and all relevant actors to ensure the effective implementation of these recommendations.

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We thank our hosts, the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Peru, in particular CHIRAPAQ, Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru, and the International Indigenous Womens Forum, Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, The African Indigenous Womens Organization, Alianza de Mujeres Indgenas de Centroamrica y Mxico, Asian Indigenous Womens Network, Indigenous Women's Human Rights Council of the Pacific Region, and Indigenous Information Network. Also, we thank all our supporters, UNPFII, UN Women, FAO, UNFPA, UNDP, Ministerio de Cultura del Per, The Christensen Fund, Tamalpais Trust, Fondo Indgena, AECID, Global Fund for Women, IWGIA, Channel Foundation, Mama Cash, and Ford Foundation. Together, we will continue the construction of our movement in favor of our rights. Lima, October 30th, 2013
UNDERSIGNED BY AFRICA 1 Cameroon 2 Cameroon Bouba Aeisatu Gambo Aminatu Samiratu The Mbororo Pastoralists and Forest Women Lelewal Foundation

3 Congo 4 5 6 7 Kenia Kenia Kenia Kenia

Nzimba Carine Edna Kayotopo Joseph Ole Simel Eunice Sinore Agnes Leina Maria Ngitari Latobany Anne Siantayo Samate Raffala Bulyaar Alice Lesepen Martha Neanwi Agbani Martha Muhawenimana Kanzayire Dativa

8 Kenia 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kenia Kenia Kenia Nigeria Rwanda Rwanda

Asociacin por los derechos de las mujeres indgenas del Congo Indigenous Information Network GCG frica MPIDO Illaramatak Community Concerns ICC ESEC Women Group Samburu County MPIDO Kivulini Trust Merigo Indigenous Women Group MOSOP COPORWA Association pour le Dveloppement Global des Batwa du Rwanda ADBR Kalagadi Youth and Women Development Network Delibaya Nuba Women Development Organization Indigenous Information Network Indigenous Information Network

15 South Africa 16 Sudan 17 Tanzania 18 Uganda THE ARTIC 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ASIA 28 Bangladesh 29 Cambodia 30 31 32 33 34 China China Taiwan Philippines Philippines Canada Alaska Alaska Finland Finland Groenlandia Greenland Norway Norway

Delaria Baba Festus Winnie Kodi Esupat Ngulupa Margaret Lomonyang

Ruth Massie Monica Charles Leinberger Dalee Sambo Dorough Anne Aikio Toumas Aslak Juuso Aili Liimakka Laue Aviaja Egede Lynge Gudrun E E Lindi Gunn Minde

Council of Yukon First Nations Tundra Womens Coalition UNPFII GCG - Youth Caucus ICC ICC Sami Womens Forum Norgga Sarahkka

Myentthein Promila Sreynean Loek Xingmei Long Xiaohan Ye Jocelyn Hung Chien Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Raymond de Chavez

AIPP Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association Eco-Women Eco-Women Youth Caucus TEBTEBBA TEBTEBBA

35 Philippines 36 Philippines 37 Philippines 38 India 39 India 40 India 41 Indonesia 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Malaysia Nepal Nepal Nepal Thailand Thailand Thailand East Timor

Joji Carino Mila Lingbawan Singson Dumas Mary Louise Sushila Maya Gole Mamta Kujur Meenakshi Munda Romba Marannu Sombolinggi Cynthia Ong Chet Kumari Yasso Kanti Bhattanchan Shanti Jirel Nittaya Earkanna Joan Carling Wanitchaya Kanthayuang Merita Marques

Forrest People Program AIPP Madagway Babaeyon under Amihan NMR Nepal Rirae Rai Org. AIPP Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network PeremPuan Land Empowerment Animal People Indigenous Peer Group Nepal NIWF NIWF AIPP GCG Asia / AIPP IWNT FEEO

LATIN AMERICA 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Argentina Belice Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia Brazil Brazil Brazil Chile Chile Chile Colombia Isabel Condori Elizabeth Gonzlez Carmen Liliana Burgos Vernica Huilipan Mariel de los Angeles Natalia Sarapura Eva Gamboa Dona Felicita Cantun Mariana Guasania Judyth Rivero Elizabeth Osco Mamani Demetria Huallpa Donoso Bernardina Laura Patti Juanita Ancieta Teresa Santusa Alarcn Chirley De Souza Almeida Santos Samantha de Carvalho Francinara Soares Martins Diva Millapan Ins Carbajal Jeannette Pailln Roseli Finscue CONAMI CONAMI CONAMI COM CONAMI Fondo Indgena CONAMI Instituto Maya de Belice CIDOB CNAMIB Gobierno Autnomo Municipal de Pucarani SITRAHOS Centro de Mujeres Candelaria CNMCIOB Bartolina Sisa CNMCIOB Bartolina Sisa CONAMI Comisin Nacional de la Juventud COIAB Red de Mujeres Mapuche de Chile CLACPI ONIC-CRIC

72 Colombia 73 Colombia 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Colombia Costa Rica

Ligia Valenzuela Clemencia Herrera Carol Gonzles Gerardo Jum Rosalba Velasco Evelyn Acosta Emilse Paz Labio Marcela Amador Ospina Irma Maroto Esther Camac

81 Costa Rica

ONIC Corporacin Cultural Ecolgica MUTESA OPIAC - COICA CAOI ACIN Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu ACIN Corporacin Ensayo Foro Nacional de Mujeres Indgenas de Costa Rica Associacion Ixa Cavaa para la Informacion y el Desarrollo Indigena Mesa Nacional de la Juventud CONAIE Asoc. de Mujeres Sapara del Ecuador Ashinwaka GONOAE (Ex CONFENIAE) ECUARUNARI ECUARUNARI CCNIS / CICA CICA CONAVIGUA CONAVIGUA Alianza Poltica Sector de Mujeres UNPFII Alianza de Mujeres Indgenas de Centroamrica y Mexico Cultural Survival Asociacion de Radio Ixchel CONMAGAXI FIMI-IIWF Asociacin Con Ciencia COMPAH Movimiento Indgena Lenca COMPAH CONAMI CONAMI CONAMI COEMI / CONAMI RITA / CIMA Alianza de Mujeres Indgenas de Centroamrica y Mexico

82 Costa Rica 83 Ecuador 84 Ecuador 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador El Salvador El Salvador Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala

Magaly Lazaro Silvia Tibi Gloria Ushigua Santi Mnica Chuji Blanca Chancoso Carmen Lozano Betty Prez Amadeo Martnez Everarda Tista de Len Rosalina Tuyuc Manuela Alvarado Alvaro Pop Teresa Zapeta Matilde Chocooj Coc Maria del Rosario Sul Gonzales Norma Sactic Suque Otilia Lux Paola Nicte Coti Lux Mara Esperanza Pineda Reina Corea Lpez Wendy Garca Dulce Patricia Torres Sandoval Fabiola del Jurado Norma Don Juan Prez Margarita Gutirrez Elvia Beltrn Villade Guadalupe Martnez

95 Guatemala 96 Guatemala 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala Honduras Honduras Honduras Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico

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Dal Angel Martha Snchez Teresa Emeterio Mirna Cunningham Mirna Taylor Margarita Antonio Daisy Gerorge Antonia Alba Betzaida Davis Juliana Prado Dialys Ehrman Marieta Cases Ana de Obalda Hilaria Cruzabie ngela Sales Faustina Alvarenga Elsa Cardenas Reinaga Clelia Rivero Reginaldo Roco Chanca Angela Chislla Palomino Yerli Ventura Amasifuen Tania Pariona Jaqueline Prez Suasnabar Ruth Francisco Yenne Bellido Bjar Irene Guimaraes Rojas Rogelia Lizana Rupay Soledad Carrasco Cecilia Brito Pepita del Pilar Pereira Caritimati Ana Isabel Dariquebe Valbina Miguel Toribio Morelia Nez Miguel Roxana Valencia Toribia Ojeda

134 Peru 135 Peru 136 Peru 137 Peru 138 Peru 139 140 141 142 143 Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru

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144 Peru 145 Peru 146 Peru 147 Peru 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Uruguay

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Asociacin de Mujeres Indgenas Tahuantinsuyo Amalia Luisa Florecn Asociacin de Mujeres Indgenas Paredes Tahuantinsuyo Giovanna Altamira Huaman Mujeres Unidas para un Pueblos Mejor Elizabeth Dania Luyo Mujeres Unidas para un Pueblos Mejor Tarcila Rivera Zea CHIRAPAQ / ECMIA Nadesca Pachao CHIRAPAQ Rita Castaeda CHIRAPAQ Celia Acasio CHIRAPAQ Beatriz Caritimari FECONACHA Rosa Poma OMIL Mnica Michelena Daz CONACHA

NORTH AMERICA 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Willie Littlechild Viviane Michel Joanne Ottereyes Linda Arsenault-Papatsie Isabella Marble Therese Villeneuve Andrea Landry Barbara Morin Rosalee Gonzlez Agnes Williams Cynthia Prez Andrea Carmen Alyssa Macy Eve Reyes-Aguirre Charlene ORourke Nellis Kennedy Suzanne Benally EMRIP-OHCHR FAQ-QNW FAQ-QNW Pauuktuutit AFN AFN National Association of Friendship Centers NWAC Red Xicana Indgena Indigenous Womens Network Indigenous Womens Network CITI GCG - Womens Caucus / IITC GCG - Womens Caucus The FUSION Foundation The Sierra Club Cultural Survival

THE PACIFIC 172 Australia 173 Australia 174 Hawaii 175 Hawaii Dea Thiele Sandra Creamer Mililani Trask Kaimana Barcarse The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council Cultural Survival

176 Guam 177 Indonesia 178 New Zealand 179 New Zealand 180 Papua New Guinea

Lisa Natividad Ghazali Ohorella Hema Wihongi-Broad AuBirthly Kingi Rose Pihei

The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council The Pacific Indigenous Womans' Human Rights Council Autonmous Bougainville Gobernment

RUSSIA 181 182 183 184 185 Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Liubov Passar Nadezda Bulatova Butylkina Polina Elida Atlasova Rodion Sulyandziga RAIPON RAIPON CSIPN/RITC Yukagir Elders Council UNPFII / RAIPON

SUPPORTED BY 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 Denmark Denmark United States United States United States United States Spain Paraguay United States United States United States Bolivia Peru Canada Peru Chile Netherlands Canada Peru Argentina Argentina Colombia Mexico Mexico Nicaragua Lola Garca-Alix Caecilie Mikkelsen China Ching Yeshi Tekle Michael Lourdes Inga Felipe Agero Patricia Borraz Elba Nez Danielle DeLuca Jessie Cherofsky Maylei Blackwell Amparo Morales Karina Vargas Pilar Montalvo Zulema Burneo Perla Manquian Jana Pesoutova Jennifer Piccin Mariela Portugal Mariana Lpez Ines Finchelstin Yohanis Amador Dolores Figueroa Cecilia Ramirez Maria Manuela Sequeira IWGIA IWGIA The Christensen Fund The Christensen Fund The Christensen Fund Ford Foundation ALMACIGA CLADEM Cultural Survival Cultural Survival FIOB Fondo Indgena GIZ GTIIVS - IIWGHA International Land Coalition JJCC Chile Leiden University Pan Para el Mundo FIMI-IIWF FIMI-IIWF FIMI-IIWF FIMI-IIWF FIMI-IIWF FIMI-IIWF

211 Nicaragua 212 Bolivia 213 Bolivia 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 United States Ecuador Chile Chile United States United States Mexico Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru

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CIESAS - Sureste Global Fund for Women ACDemocracia Inclusin y Equidad MADRE The Hunger Project The Hunger Project Terra Nuova CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ CHIRAPAQ