Honoring Indigenous Women as Change-makers in Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems Find out more here: http://www.fao.org/north-america/news/detail/en/c/1382116/ - 

In Canada and the United States, there are approximately 4.9 million Indigenous women. They are central in their cultures and societies as leaders and knowledge holders. Indigenous women’s leadership in fields including policy, law, medicine, food systems, research, land stewardship, nutritional health and food sovereignty are setting the course for current and future generations.On...

The Indigenous Peoples Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expresses its condolences to the Khasi people and the family of Professor Aurelius Kyrham Nongkynrih. Belonging to the Khasi society, one of the oldest indigenous peoples in North-East India, Professor Kyrham was a renowned sociologist who taught sociology at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. His main areas...

El equipo de pueblos indigenas de la FAO expresa sus condolencias a las comunidades y pueblos de la Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia - ONIC , a las organizaciones étnicas y de la sociedad civil, por el fallecimiento del Consejero Mayor Luis Fernando Arias Arias (Q.E.P.D). Reciban nuestras sinceras condolencias.