SENGWER CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

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profile · synthesized from sources

The Sengwer Centre for Indigenous Rights advocates for the rights of the Sengwer people, an indigenous hunter-gatherer community in western Kenya. The organization highlights the threats to their identity and ancestral lands, particularly in the Embobut forest, and documents human rights violations against them. They also provide information on the history and culture of the Sengwer community.

activities · 2 groups

what they do

Policy Advocacy & Research for Community Rights 1 activity
- Advocacy for indigenous land rights and human rights
  
  Advocates for the recognition of the Sengwer people as indigenous with historical claims to ancestral lands in western Kenya, documenting and raising awareness about ongoing human rights violations related to land evictions and displacement.
Uncategorized 2 activities
- Practice of traditional livelihoods
  
  Carries out traditional subsistence practices including beekeeping, farming, hunting, and gathering as part of cultural preservation and community sustenance in their ancestral territory.
- Stewardship of ancestral territories
  
  Engages in the long-standing stewardship and sustainable management of ancestral lands in the western highlands of Kenya, maintaining cultural and ecological connections to the region.

relationships · 3

who they work with

Amnesty International Partner — Recognizes the Sengwer as indigenous peoples and has raised concerns about human rights violations against them.
Kenya Human Rights Commission Partner — Recognizes the Sengwer as indigenous peoples and has raised concerns about human rights violations against them.
United Nations Partner — Recognizes the Sengwer as indigenous peoples and has raised concerns about human rights violations against them.