On 8 March 2026, Diplomatic Courier, an online newspaper focused on global affairs, published an opinion piece by Giselle Miole (JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow) calling for the inclusion of Indigenous women in the future of learning.
Published to mark International Women's Day (8 March), the piece highlights the essential role of Indigenous women’s leadership and knowledge in building inclusive and just education systems.
Excerpt:
It is high time to proactively include Indigenous women in the future of learning. Indigenous women are custodians of traditional knowledge, water governance practices, healthcare traditions and oral histories. Moreover, they have gender–based knowledge that is crucial yet often overlooked in decision–making processes, such as reproductive health practices, nutrition, food systems and psychosocial care. They are at the forefront of teaching children how to care for land and biodiversity, and how to preserve languages and history from within their own cultures.
The full article is available on the Diplomatic Courier website.
