Market integration General Situaion

RIGHTS AIPP AIPP Regional Capacity Building Program - Training Manual on the UNDRIP 133 Break up the participants into groups, each of which will take charge of filling up one thematic row in the Gaps Analysis table below. There should be one group each for laws and policies that pertain to: eco- nomics, health, education and information, other social-cultural con- cerns, development in general. After the table is filled up, have the participants explain their entries, discuss these further, synthesize. Suggested Method Module-6 • What do you think should your people keep in mind when augmenting or making innova- tions upon tradition?

4. Indigenous and mainstream health practice and services

• Do your people at present have traditional healers among them? And are they able to practice their occupation freely? Are they your community’s primary source of health care? Or have their services been rendered secondary, or even marginalized, vis-a-vis mainstream health services? If so, why? • If your community has access to mainstream health services, characterize these services. • Has your community had any problems related to health care or services that have not been addressed? If so, what does your community plan to do about them?

5. Indigenous and mainstream education, information and mass media

• What are the salient features of traditional education – or the means of transmitting knowl- edge – among your people? • If the members of your community avail of mainstream educational services, characterize these services. • Has your community – through its members who are teachers, through organizations, or as the parents of students – been able to introduce indigenous methods of education in formal schools? Has it been able to introduce indigenous material in the formal school curricula, course books, textbooks, or course materials? If so, how has the incorporation of indigenous education- al methods and materials affected the learning experience of students from your community? • Does your community have regular or frequent access to information through public chan- nels, such as government gazettes, commercial newspapers, radio and television? Does your community think it receives sufficient and accurate information from these public channels about the issues that concern it and the options it should consider? If not, what do you think your community should do about this? • Does your community have access to information media as channels for bringing its con- cerns and views to the public? If not, what do you think your community should do about this? • Are your people’s history and culture treated with accuracy and respect in the mass media? If not, what do you think your community should do about this?

B. Laws and Policies