Despite the abundance of natural resources around them, the indigenous peoples (IPs) in the Philippines, like their global counterparts, are ranked among the poorest and most disadvantaged sector. They are deprived of rights and opportunities to develop capacities to cope with the fast-changing social, economic, and political environment. The ILO supports the empowerment of indigenous women and men through a dual strategy of intervention, promoting policies to protect their rights, including through the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No.169) and supporting capacity-building initiatives through technical cooperation projects for indigenous peoples in their ancestral domains.
Many of the 110 ethno-linguistic indigenous groups in the Philippines experience discrimination, degradation of resource bases, and armed conflict. IP communities, generally located in distinct ancestral territories, have high rates of unemployment, underemployment, and illiteracy. While their socio-economic, cultural, and spiritual lives revolve around their ancestral domains, indigenous peoples see their ownership of land shrinking and disregarded.
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Ms Diane Lynn Respall
Senior Programme Assistant
CO-Manila
19th Floor Yuchengco Tower
RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue
1200 Makati City, Philippines
Tel. +632 580 9900 or 580 9915
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Mr Domingo Nayahangan
Programme Manager
CO-Manila
3rd Floor, D & V Plaza Building
J.C. Aquino Avenue, Butuan City
Tel. +63 85 342 5939
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Ms Ma. Theresa P. Matibag
National Project Coordinator
CO-Manila
19th Floor, Yuchengco Tower
RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue
1200 Makati City, Philippines
Tel. +632 580 9900 or 580 9940
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