Indigenous Peoples Organizations

It is our wish that ethnic minorities realize their right to a better quality of life, confidently participate in development processes; national cultural heritages will be preserved and handed down to descendants; with their...

The Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA) was established by a group of Cambodian Indigenous Students in Phnom Penh in 2005 and was officially recognised by the Royal Government of Cambodia (Ministry of Interior) in...

Equitable Cambodia is a national leader in advocating for the protection and defense of housing, land, and natural resource rights in Cambodia. Our organization was established in 2012 to enhance and safeguard the rights of...

ECDO is a non-government and not-for-profit voluntary organization working for the development of different indigenous communities in Sylhet Division, the northeastern corner of Bangladesh. Our aim is to ensure that...

The Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education and Environment (IPF) was officially established by a joint effort of indigenous peoples’ leaders and local academics. Its main aim at that time was to build capacity for...

Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organization representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska...

JPIC Kalimantan is a non-profit and non-government organization. Indeed, this is a movement to fight for justice, peace and integrity of creation/protection of environment. It was born from struggle, action and reflection of...

The Maleya Foundation is an indigenous peoples’ organization working on environment, climate change, human rights and development in Bangladesh, with focus on the rights of IPs.

POINT (Promotion of Indigenous and Nature Together) was established in March 2012. It is started as a response to the lack of organization led by “Indigenous Peoples” working for Indigenous Peoples’ issues in Myanmar. In the...

The Association is a public organization that aims to protect human rights and defend the interests of the Indigenous small-numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation, to contribute to the...

Being more than merely an aid distribution programme, the Sakhalin Indigenous Minorities Development Plan is creating opportunities for the Sakhalin Indigenous Minorities to acquire new knowledge and experience in field of...

Established in August 2002, the Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan is an indigenous, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization with accreditation from the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan NGOs...