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49. The Permanent Forum urges States to expand opportunities to enable
indigenous women to participate actively in the political life of the country in which
they live. The Forum also urges States to ensure the safety of indigenous women
who are defending the rights of their peoples and territories and to prosecute those
persons involved in incidents of violence against them.
50. The Permanent Forum welcomes the consideration of the empowerment of
indigenous women as the focus area of the Commission on t he Status of Women at
its sixty-first session and urges Governments to report on efforts made to fully
implement Commission resolution 49/7, entitled “Indigenous women: beyond the
10-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”, and its
resolution 56/4, entitled “Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger
eradication”.
51. The Permanent Forum reiterates the need for the implementation of i ts
recommendation, contained in paragraph 12 of its report on its third session
E/2004/43-E/C.19/2004/23), relating to the situation of indigenous women migrants.
The Forum invites ILO to coordinate with other appropriate agencies, in
cooperation with indigenous women’s organizations, to prepare a report on the
situation of indigenous women with regard to informal work, migration and working
conditions, for submission to the Forum at its eighteenth session.
52. The Permanent Forum recommends that ILO, in collaboration with UNFPA
and other relevant United Nations agencies, prepare a study on access to the labour
market by and labour conditions of indigenous women and youth and the
challenges, barriers and stereotypes that may affect their professional development,
for submission to the Forum at its eighteenth session.
53. The Permanent Forum continues to raise region-specific concerns about the
adverse impact of climate change on indigenous communities (see E/2011/43E/C.19/2011/14, para. 30) and invites the secretariat of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change to prepare a study on the impact of
climate change on indigenous women, for submission to the Forum at its eighteenth
session.
54. The Permanent Forum welcomes efforts made by UN -Women, in the
preparation of the first global report on indigenous women and girls, to highlight
progress in the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples and prospects for the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals as they relate to indigenous women and girls, including in
matters related to informal work, migration and working conditions. The Forum
recommends that UN-Women continue this work in close cooperation with
indigenous women’s organizations.
Indigenous youth
55. The Permanent Forum has, in recent years, expressed considerable concern
regarding the situation of indigenous youth and the lack of disaggregated data
thereon. In 2016, the Forum decided to include a recurring item on indigenous youth
in the agenda of its annual sessions and has issued several youth-specific
recommendations. The Forum welcomes the progress made and encourages further
action by indigenous organizations and youth, as well as by members of the United
Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development and the Inter-Agency
Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, in implementing those
recommendations.
56. The Permanent Forum recommends that indigenous peoples’ organizations, as
well as the United Nations entities in the Inter-Agency Network on Youth
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