About Inwolag

We are a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political organization established in the year 2000 with the aim of promoting legal rights and awareness among the members of the indigenous/ethnic community. We see women as a diverse group in terms of culture, language, way of living, status, position, literacy, access to resources, and access to decision making, access to services etc. We classify women in these terms and orchestrate our work to meet the needs of each category of women. We mainstream gender equality in our work and also work for marginalized communities of our nation.

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Mission

To create an egalitarian and prospective society where there is no domination and discrimination based on race, caste, ethnicity, language, religion, culture, gender, class and region.

Vision

To create a condition where indigenous women are recognized; and language as well as culture of indigenous peoples are respected.

Objectives

  1. To increase access to justice to indigenous women and children by providing legal aid service, legal counseling, legal advocacy and mediation to indigenous women and children to secure their legal and human rights.
  2. To conduct investigation, study and legal research on various issues of indigenous peoples with a focus on indigenous women and children including international laws relating to indigenous women and children;
  3. To advocate for socioeconomic, cultural, educational, and intellectual agenda and issues of indigenous women and children
  4. To raise legal awareness among indigenous peoples and marginalized communities to eliminate all forms of discrimination, exploitation and violence against indigenous women and children through publication, partnering media, conducting trainings, workshops, interaction, seminar, symposium, dialogues and talk programs on indigenous women’s and children’s issues;
  5. To monitor incidences of human rights violation, with a focus on violence against indigenous women and children, and carry out field investigation, if necessary;
  6. To work for effective implementation of international standards of human rights with a focus on The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Convention 169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
  7. To work for political rights of indigenous women especially on the representation of indigenous women at various levels of state from federal to local level.
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Our Team

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