
Our Panelists, Moderators and Special Remarks
Session I (Opening Plenary): Many Peoples, One Struggle

Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri


Mr. Francisco Cali Tzar


Laila Susanne Vars


Ms. Åsa Hedén


Ms. Katia Chirizzi


Mr. Terence Hay-Edie


Ms. Tereza Zapeta


Ms. Kathrin Wessendorf
Voice from the ground
Name | Organization | Designation | Country |
Ms. Liew Wanitchaya | Indigenous Women’s Network in Thailand (IWNT) | Executive Committee Member | Thailand |
Ms. Meiliana Yumi | PEREMPUAN AMAN | Member | Indonesia |
Ms. Myentthein Promila | Bangladesh Indigenous Women’s Network / BIPF | Member | Bangladesh |
Ms. Ching Chippa Lhomi | National Indigenous Women’s Federation (NIWF) | Vice Chair | Nepal |
Ms. Mamta Kujur | Adivasi Mahila Maha Sangh (AMMS) & Jashpur Jan Vikas | Convenor & Secretary respectively | India (Mainland) |
Ms. NK Kenny | Sumi Ethnic Tribe, NE India | Member | Northeast India |
Mr. Joshua Shuaboih | Disability Development Initiative (DDI) | Deputy Director | Myanmar |
Mr. Ergilio Ferreira Vicente | Covalima Youth Centre (CYC) | Director | Timor Leste |
Mr. Ned Tuguinay | Asia Indigenous Youth Platform | Member | Philippines |
Ms. Troung Luong Thi | Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas (CSDM) | Director | Vietnam |




Gam A. Shimray
Session II: Towards self-determination and self-government


Luingam Luithui


Jannie Lasimbang


Rukka Sombolinggi


Windel Bolinget


Gobinda Chhantyal


Bidhayak Chakma




Gam A. Shimray
Session III: Securing lands, territories and resources: an instrument in fighting Covid-19 and in achieving Indigenous Peoples self-determination


Michael Taylor


Joan Carling


Naw Ei Ei Min


Virginius Xaxa


Marifel T. Macalanda


Jason Pan Adawai


Binota Moy Dhamai
Session IV: Weaving knowledge, culture, and customary land rights with Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems (IPFS)




Gam A. Shimray


Ms. Noraeri Thungmueangthong


Ms. Anne Lasimbang


Mr. Ripan Chakma


Ms. Marianna Bicchieri



Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri
Session V: Role and engagement of Youth in the Indigenous Peoples’ movement: looking at the past, present, and future


Dr. Sue Vize


Su Hsin


Mr. Ke Jung


Ms. Aisah Czarriane Mariano


Mr. Rajiandai Bariam


Mai Thin Yu Mon
Session VI. Indigenous Women’s Rights and Struggles: Reflections, actions, and way forward


Ms. Sandra Creamer


Ms. Patricia Wattimena


Ms. Yasso Kanti Bhattachan


Ms. Yun Mane


Ms. Devi Anggraini


Ms. Shanti Uprety

