Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education) is an indigenous peoples’ institution born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the inherent human rights of indigenous peoples respected, protected and fulfilled.

Established in 1996, Tebtebba seeks to raise the awareness of governments and the dominant society on indigenous peoples’ situations, worldviews, rights, and perspectives on development, well-being and sustainability. In this effort, it strives to enhance indigenous peoples’ capacities to take the lead in awareness-raising, policy advocacy, education and training, research and communication, on all issues affecting them. It was actively engaged in the process of drafting and negotiating the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and getting this finally adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007.

Tebtebba and its partners are expounding and operationalizing the Indigenous Peoples’ Sustainable, Self-Determined Development (IPSSDD) framework and strategy.

Asian Indigenous Women's Network brochure

The Asian Indigenous Women’s Network wants to support, sustain and help consolidate the various efforts of indigenous women in Asia to critically understand the roots of their marginalized situation and to empower themselves by becoming aware of their rights as women and as indigenous peoples, and by developing their own organizations or structures for empowerment.

This education material provides information on various forms of indigenous knowledge systems and practices showing the diversity and vitality of cultures of the indigenous peoples in the Philippines. Different facets of indigenous knowledge from indigenous peoples all over the country are shown through pictures and captions.

It aims to promote understanding about traditional livelihoods, sustainable natural resource management practices, socio-political institutions, spirituality, arts, and cultural values of indigenous peoples. It also hopes to build greater appreciation for the contributions of indigenous knowledge to society as a whole, and the importance of its continued transmission, promotion and protection.

Tebtebba Indigenous Peoples’ Capacity Building and Advocacy Project for the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims to:

• Deepen indigenous peoples’ local to global understanding and action on the CBD’s Strategic Plan, 2010 Biodiversity Target, cross-cutting issues and thematic work programmes–with a focus on enabling indigenous peoples’ participation in national implementation of the CBD;

• Support capacity-building work with indigenous peoples’ organizations to strengthen CBD-related research, policy advocacy and education.