By Cristina Verán
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
On March 9-19, 2026, women from around the world participated in this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 70) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and at nearby off-site UN-affiliated offices to address global inequities facing women and girls.
An investigation into how unregulated sand extraction is draining water sources and reshaping pastoral life in Kenya’s drylands.
By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Fellow)
At sunrise along the Olkeriai River in Mashuuru, Kajiado County, the riverbed no longer looks like a waterway. Instead, it looks like an open quarry: scarred, excavated, and restless.
Today, March 12, Moscow’s Basmanny Court held another hearing on Daria Egereva's pretrial detention. The court extended her pretrial detention for three months, as requested by government investigators. The hearing was held in public and was attended by diplomats from several embassies, her husband, and her children. She is facing 20 years in jail on terrorism charges.
On March 10, 2026, Cultural Survival announced the release of its annual "In Memoriam" report, documenting the harrowing murders of 46 Indigenous land and rights defenders across Latin America in 2025. The report underscores the persistent and systemic crisis facing Indigenous Peoples, who are disproportionately targeted for their essential work in stewarding and protecting vital ecosystems and territories.
March 8, is International Women's Day (#IWD), first celebrated in 1909. While too many women all over the world still suffer from violence and rights abuses, it is important to recognize the amazing work Indigenous women are doing to make change happen.
FPIC Operationalization and Accelerated Respect for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Needed for Automakers to Progress.
O presente documento é a culminação do Encontro Internacional de Intercâmbio de Conhecimentos Indígenas e Solidariedade sobre Mineração de Níquel, Defesa Territorial e Povos Indígenas em Isolamento Voluntário, que ocorreu em Jacarta, Indonésia, de 26 a 29 de janeiro de 2026.
Declaraçao de Jacarta: De PovosIndígenas e organizaçoes da sociedade civil para a proteçao dos Povos Indígenas en Isolamento
28 organizations urge States and other actors to protect the lives, territories and rights of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation
The first year of the Trump administration’s second term has caused deep harm through policies and actions that erode the rights, dignity, safety, and security of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations.
By The Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.