Tribal groups seeking support for a tribal candidate as the 13th president of India

Rakhi Chakrabarty, TNN May 10, 2012 Demand for tribal President grows NEW DELHI: Tribal groups are drumming up support for a Scheduled Tribe candidate as the next president of India, but they are yet to agree on a name. Earlier, former Speaker and NCP leader P A Sangma had pitched for a tribal candidate for … Read more

India Committee of the Netherlands

The India Committee of The Netherlands (ICN) is an independent non-governmental organization, based on solidarity with deprived groups in Indian society CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY Policy and practice of (ir)responsible corporate conduct CHILD LABOUR AND EDUCATION STOP Child Labour – School is the best place to work DALITS Caste discrimination and what can be done against it CLEAN … Read more

The Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV)

The Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) Our mission NCIV advocates the rights and interests of indigenous peoples Since 1969 NCIV is dedicated to the recognition and implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples. The adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 has been an important landmark for NCIV. … Read more

Mitra Foundation setting up ‘solar libraries’ at Adivasi schools of Dahanu – Maharashtra

Excerpts from an interview with Shailendra Yashwant by Bhavani Prakash Shailendra Yashwant is Campaign Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia and founding member of the Greenpeace offices in India and Southeast Asia.  […] Our campaigning has always been based on an IDEAL approach – Investigate, Document, Expose, take Action and Lobby. We are well known for our … Read more

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – “A Decade for Action and Dignity” 2005 – 2015

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade, from 2005 – 2015, with the theme of … Read more