The organization of IWGIA was founded in 1968 by the Norwegian anthropologist Helge Kleivan, and has since been following the indigenous movements and extended its activities and network with indigenous peoples throughout the world.

IWGIA's Secretariat is based in Copenhaguen, Denmark, and is today an independent international membership organization that supports indigenous peoples worldwide in their struggle for self-determination.

The organization direct its activities towards human rights' work, performing research, making dokumentation, and disseminating information on indigenous peoples issues as well as project work in collaboration with different indigeonus groups and organizations.

IWGIA has also been establishing a global network of researchers and human rights' activists engaged in indigenous peoples issues, and has a close relationship with central UN-institutions.

The organization also consists of several local groups in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and France. There are also initiatives being made to create a new local group in Barcelona, Spain.

IWGIA Oslo

IWGIA Oslo is a local group situated in Norway and consists of active as well as non-active members, working in accordance with the fundamental values of the organization and with a long-time affiliation to the University of Oslo and especially the Institute of Social Anthropology.

Amongst our activities include offering an information service from different kinds of sources about indigenous peoples' issues and consultation about indigenous peoples in relation to the master thesis and articles. We also provide for a small "library", as well as arranging debates and lectures,. and showing movies etc.

IWGIA Oslo shares office with the students' representative council of the Institute of Social Anthropology - Programutvalget - at the University of Oslo, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eilert Sundts hus, second floor, room B243, Moltke Moes vei 31.

Post adress: IWGIA Oslo, Institute of Social Anthropology (Sosialantropologisk Institutt), Box Number 1091, Blindern, 0317 Oslo.

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For more information about IWGIA please enter: www.iwgia.org

For information about IWGIA Oslo's programme, please enter here: IWGIA Oslo Program