Adversity Of Traditional Medicine in An Imperialist World
Traditional healing practices prospered though our ancestors’ laborious observation and practice. The use of their available resources makes it affordable and accessible. Some of these traditional healing practices include the use of medicinal...
An Appeal to the UNFCCC & State Parties at COP27
The climate crisis is among the most critical and complex issues our planet and its people face. Human rights and climate action are increasingly indivisible and
Joint Submission by Indigenous Peoples Organizations for the Consideration of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines number between 15 and 17 million people and occupy more than 5 million hectares of ancestral domains across 30 million
Human Rights Watch Submission on the Philippines to the Human Rights Committee
Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Human Rights Committee (the “Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of the Philippines.
CDPC STATEMENT: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Today, as we commemorate the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera join hands with the Indigenous Peoples in our mountain region and elsewhere in the world calling for the...
Community-Managed Micro Hydropower Facility in Beew, Abra, Cordillera
Beew Village and People Beew is a small village of 48 households of around 300 individuals in the municipality of Tubo, Abra. Tubo is located at 17°16′N 120°44′E which is approximately 800 to 1,500 meters above sea level. Indigenous Peoples of...
38th Cordillera Day Solidarity Message from SOLIDAGRO
To the Cordillera Peoples Alliance and our partner, Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera, Inc. We, in Solidagro, join you today in celebrating the 38th Peoples' Cordillera Day with the theme, "Advance New Politics, Unite for land and...
38th Peoples’ Cordillera Day: Launching Of “Dawwang: Let The River Flow Free” Mural In Baguio City
As part of the upcoming celebration of 38th Peoples' Cordillera Day and Goethe-Institut's #MovementMoments project, artist groups in Baguio City launched a wall mural depicting the brave women of the Anti-Chico Dam struggle. The mural is directly...
Community–based Health Program: A Cordillera Community Experience
“Any successful strategy to address socio-economic disparities in health will need to be based on a recognition that the highest threat to health inequity is overall social inequity.” Cordillera Health Situation A defining feature of the...
Protect our vegetable farmers! No to vegetable smuggling and importation!
The losses incurred by vegetable producers due to the quarantine measures taken in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have recently been aggravated by the smuggling of cheap but unsafe vegetables from China. Highland vegetable farmers are alarmed...
EDUCATION IN THE NEW NORMAL: A Year of Modular Learning in Sagada
Education is among the worst affected sectors by the Covid-19 pandemic. Some schools especially private ones closed, teachers and other non-teaching staff were unemployed, and enrolment declined. Thus, to ensure continuous education during the...
Health Response to Covid-19 in the Cordillera
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is a contiguous 1.8 million-hectare territory of 7 major groups of Indigenous Peoples and is the only region in the Philippines where Indigenous Peoples are the majority population. Composed of 6...