““NO SUSTAINABLE NO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT

RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS” PEOPLES RIGHTS”

(EMIL SALIM)(EMIL SALIM)

BY S. MASIUNBY S. MASIUN

A SHARING PRESENTED AT THE UNDP WORKSHOP ON A SHARING PRESENTED AT THE UNDP WORKSHOP ON E-INCLUSION AND MEDIA FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLESE-INCLUSION AND MEDIA FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

BARIO-MALAYSIA, 6 DECEMBER 2007BARIO-MALAYSIA, 6 DECEMBER 2007

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION• ORGANIZATION : PEOPLE’S AUTONOMY EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION OF

PANCUR KASIH, PONTIANAK, IN’SIA: RUAI TELEVISION

• INVOLVING IN EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SINCE 1993 AT LEMBAGA BELA BANUA TALINO, AN NGO WHICH DEFENDS THE RIGHTS OF IPS IN WEST KALIMANTAN;

• SINCE 1993, ACTIVE IN EMPOWERING IPS ECONOMIC EMPOWERING THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CREDIT UNIONS.

ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES• PEOPLE’S AUTONOMY EMPOWERMENT

ASSOCIATION• MAIN ACTIVITIES:

A. SOCIAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CREDIT UNIONS;

B. SOCIAL CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH WEST KALIMANTAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE

C. SOCIAL POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT: POLITICAL EDUCATION AND MEDIA CREATION

PROBLEMS FOUND?PROBLEMS FOUND?

• MISTAKEN WAY OF THINKING• CONSUMTIVE WAY OF LIFE• NO HABIT OF SAVING/INVESTMENT;• CAPITALISTIC PARADIGM OF STATE • PALM OIL PLANTATIONS• DEFORESTATION (CAUSED BY LOGGING

CONCESSIONS)• MEDIA MONOPOLY• LEGAL RESTRICTION FOR COMMUNTY RADIO• ETHNIC CONFLICTS• TRAFFICKING

WHAT ACHIEVED?WHAT ACHIEVED?

• IN OUR NETWORK, THERE 49 CREDIT UNIONS: 397,000 MEMBERS (300,000 MEMBERS IN WEST KALIMANTAN) WITH ASSETS USD 215 MILLIONS OR IDR 2 TRILLIONS;

• 1 MAGAZINE• 15 COMMUNITY RADIOS• 1 TV STATION: RUAI TELEVISION

LESSON LEARNED?LESSON LEARNED?• EMPOWERMENT SHOULD BE HOLISTICALLY

AND PARALELLY CREATED (SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SECTORS);

• EMPOWERMENT SHOULD BE REBUILDING CHARACTERS OF PEOPLE BY BUILDING MEANINGS OF LIVES

• NEED TO ACCELERATE SOCIAL CULTURAL BASED MOVEMENT TO SOCIAL POLITICAL BASED MOVEMENT

• MEDIA PLAYS VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN EMPOWERING AND STRUGGLING OF IPS IN WEST KALIMANTAN

ITS SIGNIFICANCE?ITS SIGNIFICANCE?

MEDIA OR TC IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR IPS. IT ISS

HARD TO IMAGINE THE STRUGGLE AND THE

EMPOWERMENT OF IPS WITHOUT USING MEDIA OR

ITC!•

THANK YOU…THANK YOU…