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Women's Rights Exchange » Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

Executive Director, Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is Executive Director of the Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples' International Center for Policy Research & Education), which has United Nations ECOSOC NGO consultative status and is based in Baguio City, Philippines. Ms. Tauli Corpuz has served as the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII) from 2005-2007 and was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations from 1996 to 2003; she is the founder and convener of the Asia Indigenous Women's Network. She has a Nursing degree; is an Indigenous activist who is committed to the recognition, protection, and promotion of Indigenous Peoples' rights worldwide; and has been defending the rights and cultures of Indigenous Peoples for more than 30 years.

Languages: English

Areas of Expertise:

• Climate Change and Environmental Justice
• Confronting Violence against Women
• Human Rights Law
• Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Resources
• The Right to Food, Water, and Environmental Sustainability
• Trade, Aid, and Economic Justice
• United Nations
• War, Recovery, and Building Peace

Region(s) of Expertise:

• Asia

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