Indigenous Women in Asia - Challenges in their access to justice

I invite you to read this briefing paper prepared - by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) - on challanges faced by indigenous women in Southeast Asia in accessing justice. The briefing includes stories on the impact on indigenous women of various projects, including dams, mines, plantations and national parks. Countries covered are Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand,  and the Philippines. As affirmed by AIPP:

"The major issue that arose was the denial of the right of these indigenous peoples to determine their own path to political, social, economic and cultural development. This is patently seen in the lack of efforts to undertake meaningful and substantive consultation with them and obtain their free prior and informed consent on all projects and activities that are implemented in their communities. The lack of or limited access they have to seek justice remedies on violations arising from development projects are exacerbated by their non-recognition as rights-holder with collective rights. The imposition of development projects into indigenous territories has been called by indigenous peoples as development aggression."

You can find more info and the briefing paper on the AIPP website