United Nations Marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
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United Nations Marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
NEW YORK — The United Nations observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Monday, August 10, 2026, convening global leaders, grassroots advocates, and community representatives for an international virtual commemoration focused on health equity, cultural preservation, and self-determination. Officially commemorated each year on August 9 to mark the historic 1982 inaugural session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Popu…
The International Day of Indigenous Peoples is celebrated every 9 August in recognition of the first instance of work of the United Nations on the indigenous population held in Geneva in 1982. In the framework of the Fourth Meeting of Women of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Buenos Aires on 24, 25 and 26 July, a horizontal and multi-year dialogue...Continue reading...
August 9 marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, a date established by the United Nations. In Mexico, according to Inegi, in 2020 some 23.2 million people recognized themselves as indigenous, while 7.36 million spoke some native language. INALI records 11 linguistic families, 68 groups and 364 variants. These are figures that describe a country that is profoundly diverse, although this diversity is often more celebrated in the speeche…
The date seeks to make visible the contribution of those who accompany the births, but also the challenges that threaten their continuity: the lack of institutional recognition, the interruption of their transmission between generations and the changes that go through the territories.
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