Young indigenous people gathered at the UN this week to discuss the challenges they face and to brainstorm strategies to address their situations at the national and international levels.
Photo from the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Youth held at UN Headquarters from 20-31 January 2013. Credit: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesMeet a few of them and hear what they have to say about issues such as discrimination and healthcare via these interviews with UN Radio.
- Steven Brown, an aborigine from Australia
- Andrea Landry, a young Anishinaabe from Canada
- Tuomas Aslak Juuso, a young Sámi from Finland
- Meenakshi Munda from Jharkhand, India
- Tania Edith Pariona, a young Quechua from Peru — NOTE: in Spanish
- Igor Yando from the Yamal region of Russia — NOTE: in Russian
- Niwamanya Rodgers Matuna, a young Batwa from Uganda
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Photo from the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Youth held at UN Headquarters from 20-31 January 2013. Credit: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
