FAO: End discrimination vs indigenous women

Progress in the fight against hunger and extreme poverty hinges on eliminating the “triple discrimination” faced by indigenous women, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said on Friday last week.

Indigenous women face far higher rates of poverty, chronic malnutrition and illiteracy as well as low access to health care and participation in political life, Graziano da Silva told participants from a dozen countries at the Forum on Indigenous Women in Mexico’s capital.