Milestones: Gender equality, indigenous rights and human rights in Ecuador

Rajagopalan, Ramya (2011) Milestones: Gender equality, indigenous rights and human rights in Ecuador. Yemaya (37). p. 7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

The new Constitution of Ecuador, approved in 2008, is far-reaching in its recognition of both gender equality and indigenous rights. It prohibits gender discrimination and includes provisions for equal employment and property rights, sexual and reproductive rights, shared responsibility in the family and social security for home-makers. Articles 57 and 58 recognize and guarantee indigenous peoples’ rights, enfranchising thousands of people living in the country’s poorest regions. Most importantly for indigenous women, article 171 guarantees women’s participation and decision-making in indigenous governance and justice systems. The process to re-formulate the Constitution that began in 2007, saw active participation from women’s groups who called for the State to guarantee collective and indigenous cultural rights, including economic and land rights, the elimination of ethnic and gender-based discrimination, and respect for and protection of ancestral languages.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM322
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Ecuador, Gender, Equality, Indigenous People, Human Rights, Legislation, Women, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:49
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 05:36
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/713

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