Flash Update by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP).
April 9, 2020.
The fast spreading COVID-19 poses much higher risks to Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disability, elders and women, making them the most vulnerable groups. These groups not only face challenges in accessing information on time and in their own language, but also, of discrimination and deprivation of basic health services.
As though COVID-19 is not harsh enough, we are also displaying the darker side of human society. Indigenous Peoples are battling against racial discrimination, criminalization and stereotyping and COVID makes it worse.
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