About 476 million Indigenous peoples are living in 90 countries and territories in the world today. They represent 5,000 different cultures and speak the overwhelming majority of the estimated 7,000 human languages.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Binalakshmi Nepram joined a global panel convened by Rome based UN Food and Agricultural Organisation and the Climate and Environment Charter Secretariat at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2025.
Manipur – literally translated as “Land of Jewels” – has thousands of years of recorded history and a written constitution dating back to 12th century.
Binalakshmi Nepram, founder-director of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and the Control Arms Foundation of India and the co-founder of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace published an opinion piece in the Washington Post.
Binalakshmi Nepram, a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, is an indigenous scholar and human rights defender from Manipur in northeast India.
Binalakshmi Nepram, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Founder-Director, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and the Control Arms Foundation of India; Co-founder of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace.
Clarion Call for Northeast India Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Inclusion of Women in Peace Talks and Decision Making at the Third Historic Northeast India Indigenous Women Peace Congregation.
The Third Northeast India Indigenous Women Peace Congrega-tion was held virtually on November 21 via Zoom, with indigenous women of Northeast India and the world gathering to share experiences, lessons and to adopt resolutions for their future.
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