Indigenous women are vulnerable to stigma and layered discrimination. Their contributions to community livelihoods and advocacy for human rights often do not get the recognition they deserve.
Indigenous women show their resilience by making a concrete contribution to their community. The Covid-19 pandemic has not made them worse off, but it showed the public how resilient the indigenous women are. Since the pandemic, they have built a collective farm for self-sufficiency in food.
The United Nations (UN) highlights the role of women in preserving and transmitting traditional knowledge by adopting it as the theme for the International day of Indigenous Peoples. However, the term "traditional knowledge" contains problems.
“Not traditional knowledge… Indigenous women's knowledge,” said Olvi Octavianita Tumbelaka, Campaigner for Kaoem Telapak.
Kutai Barat Regency, Kalimantan Timur Province, has issued Local Law No. 13 of 2017 concerning the Implementation of Recognition and Protection of Indigenous Law Communities (MHA). The regulation will provide legal certainty and prevent a prolonged conflict between Indigenous Peoples versus the developer company, also among inter-communities.
The Independent Verification Assessment Agency (LPVI) has a significant role in preventing the practice of undername SVLK. According to Zulfikar Adil, a representative from the LPVI Forum, this role can start from the first audit.
