Wayúu Multidimensional Registry

An instrument that gathers data on different aspects of the Wayúu people in order to work with their authorities, leaders, and community to develop medium- and long-term solutions to improve their living conditions.

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Wayúu Multidimensional Registry: a living tool

Wayúu Multidimensional Registry Data Dashboard

The results presented here come from measurements taken by DANE as part of the Wayúu Multidimensional Registry. This information has been processed to show, quantitatively, the living conditions of this people and thus comply with ruling T-302 of 2017.

Key Concepts

Learn about the standardized concepts used in the National Statistical System (SEN).

Demographics

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We answer your questions

  • It is an exercise in collecting statistical information on the Wayúu people. The first of its kind in Colombia. Its purpose is to understand the ways of life, customs, and welfare conditions of this indigenous people, with special attention to their children. This registry is being carried out in the municipalities of Manaure, Maicao, Uribia, and Riohacha, in La Guajira, by order of the Constitutional Court of Colombia through ruling T-302 of 2017.

  • Because the census is a one-time operation that shows the state of the population at a specific moment in time, the registry, on the other hand, is a living tool that can be updated over time. In addition, in order to understand the living conditions of the Wayúu people, information was also collected on people who are not from this community but who live in the same dwelling.

  • Because it integrates key aspects of fundamental rights protected and ruled on by the Court (health, water, food, and mobility) to understand the realities of the Wayúu people. This information serves as a baseline for entities such as the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the Ministry of Housing, City, and Territory, and the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, among others, for the formulation of public policies. In addition, it includes tools for identifying basic needs and collects contributions made by this indigenous people after an exercise of genuine consultation and dialogue.

  • In response to Constitutional Court ruling T-302 of 2017, which calls for improving information on the Wayúu people so that the Colombian State can formulate and implement better public policies that guarantee a series of fundamental rights protected in the ruling, since the Court indicated that some institutional interventions were not working satisfactorily in favor of this indigenous people.

  • About aspects related to the living conditions of the Wayúu people, such as access to drinking water, health services, food, births, deaths, diseases, displacement, among other issues. All of this provides up-to-date information on this indigenous population, as well as their real needs and the way they live, so that the Colombian State can take action to improve their quality of life.

  • As this was the first statistical exercise applied to an indigenous population, the Wayúu people actively participated, through their ancestral and traditional authorities and other sociocultural roles, in the design and implementation of the surveys. To this end, DANE, sensitive to genuine dialogue and respect for the autonomy and self-determination of this indigenous people, moved forward with a process of direct contracting with Wayúu organizations so that members of their own population would survey and supervise this operation, which also ensured the use of their native language, Wayuunaiki, to ensure understanding of the form.

  • Because the RMW was created in response to a court order, the Constitutional Court of Colombia determined that the municipalities of Manaure, Maicao, Riohacha, and Uribia, in La Guajira, are the geographical framework for conducting the surveys, as this is where the State of Unconstitutional Affairs (ECI) was declared.

  • All members of the Wayúu people living in the municipalities of La Guajira mentioned by the Constitutional Court in ruling T-302 of 2017 (namely: Manaure, Maicao, Riohacha, and Uribia).

  • By periodically collecting information from different entities that participate directly or indirectly in the enforcement of the ruling. The databases are then cross-referenced to reduce errors, standardize information, and improve the coverage of the RMW's application, in addition to technical committees being set up to validate the data and its consistency. Furthermore, geospatial technology tools are used to locate

  • DANE is responsible for coordinating the collection of quality information with the various technical committees made up of State entities.

  • Because the Constitutional Court determined that the minimum constitutional parameters applicable to the public policies of different Colombian state entities were not being met, which resulted in high mortality rates among this segment of the population and the configuration of an Unconstitutional State of Affairs (ECI) in the four municipalities of La Guajira where the Wayúu people mainly live.

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