Opening remarks were given by Lucia Parrucci, UNPO Advocacy Officer and also moderator of the event, and Hanno Schedler, from the Society for Threatened Peoples. Ms Parrucci highlighted how indigenous and minority women face unique struggles, which have their origin not only in their status of belonging to an oppressed group of people, but are exacerbated by their gender. She then reminded the audience...
On Thursday, 13 September 2018, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) co-organised a side-event entitled “Unrepresented Women’s...
To fully address women’s difficulties, it is essential that societies look beyond the main aspect of a problem. Although all achievements in the name of women are positive steps, the success of privileged...
This 2018 edition will feature no less than three UNPO members’ national football teams: title holders Abkhazia, Tibet and Kabylia. This event is all the more particular as it will feature on Thursday...
This article has been published by The North Africa Post: Every year on April 20, Algerian Berbers take to the streets to demand the independence of the mountainous Kabylie on the occasion of the anniversary...
The article below (in French) was published by Siwel: Le président de la Fédération Kabyle de Football, Mas Aksel Bellabbaci, a annoncé ce samedi 17 février [2018] qu’une...
Following Article was published in Aljazeera Berber communities in Algeria are calling on the government to allocate state funding to promote and preserve their indigenous language, a demand...
The article below was published by northafricapost.com Algeria has been repeatedly lambasted in reports by international rights watchdogs for its systematic discrimination against minorities, whether...
The article below (in French) was published by Siwel: Dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, une patrouille de la gendarmerie coloniale algérienne s’est déplacée...
OVERVIEW The Kabyle people is one of the several Berber (Amazigh) groups indigenous to North Africa, mainly present in Libya, Algeria and Morocco (smaller groups live in Niger, Mali, Mauritania,...
Scandalisée par la répression dont sont victimes les militants kabyles, menant un combat démocratique et pacifique en faveur du droit de leur peuple à l'autodétermination,...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international, nonviolent and democratic membership organisation. Its Members are indigenous peoples, minorities, unrecognised States and occupied territories that have joined together to defend their political, social and cultural rights, to preserve their environments and to promote their right to self-determination.