The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce that in 2023 we awarded over half a million dollars in small grants to support Indigenous projects on issues related to community empowerment for land defense and autonomy; the transmission

This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the SIRGE Coalition encourages you to take action in support of Indigenous communities who are facing threats from mining for transition minerals. 

According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Walk Free, 49.6 million people worldwide are trapped into various forms of modern slavery, including 27.6 million in forced labor and 22 million in forced marriages.

The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce that in 2023 we awarded over half a million dollars in small grants to support Indigenous projects on issues related to community empowerment for land defense and autonomy; the transmission of Indigenous Knowledge; traditional medicine and Indigenous spirituality; food sovereignty and Indigenous economies; and the various

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, if I wanted to peer into my history, I did not visit a museum. Accessing the world of my ancestors meant putting my rain gear on, taking a boat to an old Haida village site, and seeing the places where my people lived and thrived since time immemorial.

Radio Tuklik serves five communities in the municipalities of Mayapan, Cantamayec, and Tahdziú, located adjacent to each other in the south and east regions of the Yucatan, Mexico. The state of Yucatan consists of 106 municipalities across 7 regions: west, northwest, center, central coast, northeast, east, and south.

Malaysia’s human rights record will be reviewed at the 45th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group of the Human Rights Council in January 2024. This will be the fourth time Malaysia is reviewed under this mechanism.  The Universal Periodic Review process assesses the human rights situation of UN member States by peer States and also takes into account information gathered in reports from civil society.

Nearly a month after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Haaland v.

Meet Alinam Cojtí Ren (Maya K’iche’), a lively spirit who is breaking the norms of gender one run at a time. Cojtí Ren was born and raised in Chichicastenango (also known as Chichi), a small town in a mountainous region of northwest Guatemala that is famous for its local artisan market, and where the Maya K’iche’ culture and language is still vibrant. At 18, she migrated to Canada, where she was able to fully connect to her true self, including her sexual identity. Running has been part of a healing journey.