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POPULATION
98.39 MILLION (WORLD BANK 2014A)
ETHNIC GROUPS*
28.1% Tagalog
13.1% Cebuano
9% Ilocano
7.6% Bisaya
7.5% Hiligaynon
7.5% Ilonggo
6% Bikol
25.3% Others
(STANTON 2012)
Tri-people Voices on Human Security in Mindanao
Raul Antonio A. Torralba, Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)
Located in the southern region of the Philippines, Mindanao has been the site of armed conlict for decades, if not centuries. Complex patterns of conlict as well as attempts at fostering peaceful coexistence have evolved among and between Mindanao’s ‘tri-people’: the native indigenous peoples (IPs), the Islamic 'Moro' communities, and the predominantly Christian Filipino settlers from other regions. Against the backdrop of an internationally acclaimed peace process, this chapter presents the relections of experienced civil society and indigenous leaders on the efforts to bring human security to Mindanao and its diverse peoples.
=10.000.000
GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2014
134
162
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2013
117 187
(IEP 2014A)
(UNDP 2014)
THE PHILIPPINES
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