By Georges Dougnon (Dogon, CS Staff)

Rural women play a crucial role in the Sahel region, particularly in Mali. According to 2021 data, women represent 50.4% of Mali's total population, with 52% living in rural areas.

The daily life of rural women is one of courage and sacrifice. Many who grew up in the village know this reality, that of the woman known as “la villageoise.” She knows neither washing machines nor running water. She lives in a world where getting water to drink is a daily struggle. Her life is one of courage and dedication.

(February 13, 2025)-- On World Radio Day, Cultural Survival is celebrating 10 years of amplifying Indigenous people’s voices through the Indigenous Rights Radio Program (IRR). 

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A press release by the SIRGE Coalition

Automakers Must Account for Indigenous Peoples to Improve Sustainability and Human Rights Commitments

Global automakers are exposed to material, operational and reputational risk from persistent failings to account for rights violations and impacts to Indigenous Peoples throughout supply chains. How can the industry rise from a 6% average to eliminate the risk of harm to Indigenous Peoples?
 

By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Intern)

If you ever find yourself in a remote Samburu village at night, you might stumble upon a scene that feels straight out of a centuries-old tradition women huddled around a bonfire, their voices rising and falling in conversation as the fire flickers against their beadwork and shukas.

By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois). Photos by Ian Willms

Around the world, mining operations have deepened poverty in Indigenous communities and destroyed traditional livelihoods, leaving environmental devastation in their wake.

By Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) 

By Human Rights Watch and ACLU

(Washington D.C., February 6, 2025) – The United States government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released today. The 18,000-acre mining project is under construction and will extract lithium from one of the world’s largest known deposits.