Mission
The International Indigenous Women's Forum (best known as FIMI, by its Spanish initials) is a network of Indigenous women leaders from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. FIMI's mission is to bring together Indigenous women activists, leaders, and human rights promoters from different parts of the world to coordinate agendas, build unity, develop leadership and advocacy skills, increase Indigenous women's role in international decision-making processes, and advance women's human rights.
FIMI's work aims to:
- Amplify Indigenous women's voices in the international arena;
- Strengthen local Indigenous women's organizations; and
- Promote collaboration between the Indigenous women's movement and the non-Indigenous global women's movement.
Vision
FIMI's vision is a world in which Indigenous peoples can exercise all their human rights, access economic justice, and participate fully and effectively in all the decision-making processes that affect their lives at local, national and international levels, free from all forms of discrimination.
FIMI's vision is a world where all women, independent of their differences, fully enjoy their fundamental human rights, where a new paradigm is established that overcomes racism, social exclusion, and inequality so that Indigenous women can participate fully under equal conditions in the decisions and activities linked to the development of their communities. It is a world in which young women can realize their life's dreams, ideas, and projects.