IFIP Funder Briefs to Resource Indigenous Defenders
This year IFIP launched three briefs for funders on Indigenous defenders in Russia, Latin America and the Pacific Islands. We collaborated with advocacy groups and activists that have worked in…
Indigenous Fund Lead the Way to Decolonize Philanthropy
Story and photos by Rucha Chitnis. Note: This story was originally published in Cultural Survival Quarterly. Institutional philanthropy, in a nutshell, is a Western construct. Often it can seem transactional, likened…
Indigenous Women Leading in the Implementation of the SDGs
One of the most salient evolutions from the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a commitment to leaving no one behind, human…
Brazil’s Political Crisis Places Indigenous Rights at the Crossroads
By Christian Poirier, Program Director at Amazon Watch The election of the extreme right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro to Brazil’s presidency represents a profound setback for human rights and ecological preservation…
Reimagining Renewable Energy: Indigenous Peoples Driving Solutions
by Rucha Chitnis “We need to understand the realities on the ground in relation to renewable energy. It’s about human rights and true sustainable development,” said Joan Carling, Co-Chair of…
Decolonizing Climate Finance: Listening to Indigenous Communities Protecting Earth’s Lungs
by Rucha Chitnis “As Indigenous Peoples and members of local communities from the Amazon, Mesoamerica, Indonesia and Brazil, we are the ancestral protectors of the largest tropical forests in the…
Rising for Our Mother
Photojournalist and filmmaker, Rucha Chitnis, produced this inspiring video called Rising for Our Mother, which features the wisdom and perspective of Indigenous climate defenders, who shared their vision on climate…
Indigenous Territories a New Way Forward with Funders
By International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Staff “We are not small islands. We are a vast oceanscape,” said Maureen Penjueli at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples’ Pacific Hui convening…
IFIP Learning Institute’s Commitment to the Four R’s of Indigenous Philanthropy
By Ashley Hernandez, Program Associate with International Funders for Indigenous Peoples In recent years, the funding sector has been more prominently embracing equity, justice and a human rights lens. Simultaneously,…