Side event during the Twelfth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: "Valuing Traditional Knowledge: Sharing Intercultural Perspectives from the MDG Experience"
You are invited to participate in an interactive dialogue with a panel of distinguished guests on the importance of the role of indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge in shaping the health and development agenda.
Tuesday, 28 MAY 2013, 1:15-2:45 pm
UN North Lawn Building, Conference Room 6
New York City
English and Spanish interpretation available.
Panelist will include:
- Dr. Myrna Cunningham, Member, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Ms. Rosalee Coatlicue Gonzalez, Xicana Kickapoo, Representative, International Forum on Indigenous Women (FIMI)
- Dr. Mariana Meleronka Ferron, Special Secretary for Indigenous Health, Ministry of Health, Brazil
- Mr. John Scott, President, Center for Public Services Communications, PAHO Consultant on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Ms. Paloma Duran, Senior Advisor, MDG Fund
- Panelist from Ecuador
