Indigenous women and decision making : a community training manual.

Available both in print and online.

"Asia Indigenous Peoples' Pact Foundation; UNDP Regional Indigenous Peoples' Programme; and UNDP Asia Pacific Gender Mainstreaming Programme."

Cover title.

Introduction -- Trends in decision-making -- History: indigenous women's role in society -- Capability in decision-making -- HIV/AIDS and decision-making process -- Field study: Indigenous women and development ; Indigenous women's access to inheritance ; Violence against women ; Division of domestic work -- International instruments on indigenous women and decision-making -- National laws and policies on women and women's participation in decision-making at the national level -- Strategies for placing women in decision-making positions -- Follow up plans -- Evaluation.

Indigenous women are often marginalized from decision-making processes both within and outside their communities. This training manual has been developed to address the power relationships that influence the daily lives of indigenous women at a community level. The manual focuses on the decision making roles and responsibilities that are an integral part of an indigenous woman's daily or regular life experience, and has been designed to be contextualized in the community in which it is being applied.--Publisher's description.