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Pitfalls and Pipelines - Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links

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Chapter 2.2: Challenges at the National Policy Level<br />

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Challenges <strong>and</strong> Recommendations in the Continuing Struggle of<br />

<strong>Indigenous</strong> Women<br />

Based on CPA <strong>and</strong> Innabuyog’s long years of organizing, educating <strong>and</strong><br />

mobilizing indigenous women, the following advocacy recommendations<br />

are made to challenge different institutions, development agencies,<br />

support organizations <strong>and</strong> intergovernmental bodies to support the<br />

following indigenous peoples’ initiatives:<br />

a. Support women’s fight women’s participation in the struggle<br />

for the recognition of their ancestral l<strong>and</strong> rights <strong>and</strong> for the<br />

<strong>Philippine</strong> government to revoke all mining claims, leases, permits,<br />

agreements or other applications which have no legitimate free,<br />

prior, informed consent (FPIC);<br />

b. Dem<strong>and</strong> for rehabilitation <strong>and</strong> just compensation for the damages<br />

wrought by the mining operations in the Cordillera, such as Benguet<br />

Corporation, Lepanto, Philex, Itogon-Suyoc;<br />

c. Guard against the entry of other mining companies into the<br />

Cordillera, including Royalco in Bakun <strong>and</strong> Anvil in Itogon. It is<br />

important that women be actively involved in any FPIC process <strong>and</strong><br />

in asserting the right to self-determination, in any mining potential<br />

project;<br />

d. Form <strong>and</strong> strengthen organizations of indigenous women in<br />

communities threatened by mining operations;<br />

e. Continue education <strong>and</strong> information campaign among indigenous<br />

women in mining affected communities;<br />

f. Ensure greater participation of indigenous women in various<br />

meetings, training or activities on extractive industries at the local,<br />

national <strong>and</strong> international levels;<br />

g. Dem<strong>and</strong> for the provision of sufficient social services <strong>and</strong> support to<br />

uplift the welfare of indigenous women <strong>and</strong> children.

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