Cultural Survival, Inc.
Cultural Survival works to promote greater awareness of the challenges and issues facing indigenous communities.
Primary web addresses
http://www.culturalsurvival.org
Email
culturalsurvival@cs.org
Main Address
215 Prospect St.
Cambridge MA 02139
Cambridge MA 02139
Country
United States
Main Telephone
(617) 441-5400
Joined OneWorld
14.08.2006
Features
02.05.2008
Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community.
more...Related topics/regions: [Kenya]
Image: A Kenyan Maasai woman. © Women Thrive Worldwide
30.04.2008
The indigenous Ayoreo peoples of Bolivia and Paraguay are increasingly forced out of the wilderness by ecological destruction only to confront a new brand of isolation from their ancestral way of life.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] [Paraguay]
24.04.2008
The Burmese military's reign of terror -- which has displaced 2 million citizens -- has particularly targeted indigenous people, forcing them to flee their homes to escape compulsory labor, rape, and starvation. [Warning, this photoessay contains graphic images that some may find disturbing.]
more...Related topics/regions: [Myanmar]
Image: At a refugee camp for Karen people, an indigenous group in Burma. © Atti-la (flickr)
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