El Salvador To Introduce New Policy on Indigenous Peoples

El Salvador To Introduce New Policy on Indigenous Peoples
Published 16 June 2015 (3 hours 52 minutes ago)

The proposal outlines policies aimed at guaranteeing the rights of native peoples, rescue their identities and improve their life conditions.

El Salvador’s Secretary of Culture announced Monday that the country has worked with over a dozen Indigenous organizations on a new policy aiming to better the lives of native peoples in the South American state and that it will be presented in the upcoming days.

“This is the policy of indigenous populations duly published, in which 18 indigenous organizations, but also nine state institutions... have been working in a relentless way,” said Ramón Rivas during the program Governing with people made in the municipality of Nahuizalco.

The document outlines strategies and polices aimed at guaranteeing the rights of native peoples, rescue their identities, and improve their life conditions.

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