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Subject: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN
AMERICA STILL LOW – UN REPORT
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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA STILL
LOW – UN REPORTNew York, May 22 2013 5:00PMIndigenous peoples in
Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past
20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is
still low, the United Nations said in a new report released today.
<i>Intercultural Citizenship – Contributions from the political
participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America</i>, released by
the UN Development Programme (UNDP), cites several factors that have
helped boost the political participation of indigenous peoples in the
region.
These include an increased number of indigenous movements, which also
benefited from communications technology, including mobile phones, the
Internet and social media; the expansion of their rights after
countries signed and recognized crucial international conventions; and
an increased number of Government agencies advocating for indigenous
issues.
At the same time, the report highlights the fact that indigenous
women's political inclusion has been a major challenge, since they
face the 'triple discrimination' of being female, indigenous and poor.
"Beyond women's usual difficulties in breaking the political glass
ceiling, especially in developing countries, indigenous customary law
further hinders women's political participation in the region," states
a <"http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/05/22/pueblos-indigenas-en-america-latina-pese-a-los-avances-en-la-participacion-politica-las-mujeres-son-las-mas-rezagadas-segun-el-pnud.html">press
release on the report, which was released today during the 12th
session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues that is meeting
in New York.
"Even though women have the right to vote and several countries in the
region have put in place quotas for women participation in political
parties and public offices, indigenous women's political participation
– along with their sexual and reproductive health – are crucial issues
that still lag behind," it adds.
The report examines the region's six countries with highest percentage
of indigenous peoples and greatest progress in political
participation: Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and
Peru.
It finds that among Mexico's 500 lower house representatives, 14 are
indigenous and four of them are women (2012-2015). In Guatemala, there
are 158 seats in parliament, 19 of which are occupied by indigenous
peoples, three of them women (2012-2016).
Of the total 92 deputies in Nicaragua's National Assembly during
2006-2009, three were indigenous peoples and two of them were women.
Among Ecuador's 124 MPs, seven are indigenous and two of them are
women (2009-2013.)
In Peru, there are 130 parliamentarians and only nine are indigenous
peoples, and two of them are women (2011-2016). Bolivia, where
indigenous peoples are the majority of the population, 41 of the 130
MPs are indigenous, and only nine of them are women.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, there are approximately 50 million
indigenous peoples, about 10 per cent of the total population.
However, in two countries, Peru and Guatemala, indigenous peoples
encompass almost half of the population, and in Bolivia, they are over
60 per cent of the total population.
Even though in Mexico indigenous peoples cover only 10 per cent of the
total population, Mexico and Peru contain the largest indigenous
population in the region: about 11 million people.
"Beyond cultural barriers, indigenous peoples own little, often
unproductive land, and live below the poverty line, which hinder their
political inclusion," said Heraldo Muñoz, UNDP Director for Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Poverty levels among indigenous peoples have hardly changed, despite
Latin America's immense achievements in poverty reduction in recent
decades, according to the report.
"The white-mestizo population has benefited, but not the indigenous
peoples, as if they lived in a world secluded from the most positive
aspects of development," stresses the report, written mainly by
indigenous leaders and experts.May 22 2013 5:00PM
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