UNITED NATIONS — Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals remains uneven, and is not moving fast enough to meet the ambitious 17 goals on poverty, health, and equality by 2030, the United Nations said this week.
The U.N. released its annual checkup report on the SDGs on Wednesday,…
As more than 1,000 global leaders in land rights gather in Washington, D.C., next week for the annual World Bank Land and Poverty conference, there will, no doubt, be much discussion focused on gathering data to measure global progress toward documenting and strengthening land rights for all women…
Date: 11 juin 2018
Source: Farmlandgrab, GRAIN
« Maintenant que le projet a toutes les apparences d’un “échec”, il n’y a plus ou très peu d’accompagnement pour les communautés. Il faut maintenir la pression et exiger que la terre soit rendue aux gens. Il ne suffit pas que l’entreprise retire…
A Q&A with Patricia Chaves from Espaço Feminista, Brazil, explains the discrepancies in accessing property and inheritance rights for women in Brazil as well as data that helps to inform grassroots women about their rights. The piece also provides powerful accounts of women's personal…
A Q&A with Patricia Chaves from Espaço Feminista, Brazil, explains the discrepancies in accessing property and inheritance rights for women in Brazil as well as data that helps to inform grassroots women about their rights. The piece also provides powerful accounts of women's personal…
Uma entrevista com Patrícia Chaves, da organização brasileira Espaço Feminista, explica as discrepâncias no acesso à propriedade e aos direitos de herança por mulheres no Brasil, bem como a dados que informem as mulheres nas comunidades sobre seus direitos. O texto traz também relatos poderosos de…
Uma entrevista com Patrícia Chaves, da organização brasileira Espaço Feminista, explica as discrepâncias no acesso à propriedade e aos direitos de herança por mulheres no Brasil, bem como a dados que informem as mulheres nas comunidades sobre seus direitos. O texto traz também relatos poderosos de…
The back has been broken on legal denial of community property. This is the conclusion of a study of land laws in 100 countries.
Factually, most administrations now acknowledge community lands as a viable unit of property and provide mechanisms through which this essentially social form may be…
Access to justice is a key governance concern in developed and developing countries alike. Community legal workers aim to help poor or comparatively powerless people defend themselves against land grabs, obtain public services, and challenge corruption. Can this bottom-up approach counter powerful…
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, afirma que ha observado un aumento mundial en la criminalización y la violencia contra estos pueblos.
Por: Jamie Kalliongis, Gerente, Comunicaciones estratégicas, RRI
El mes pasado,…
This blog builds upon Harold Liversage's presentation during the Global Land Tools Network's seventh partners meeting, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 23-27 April, 2017. Harold Liversage is currently the Chair of the Global Donor Working Group on Land.
Recent years have been marked by…
This week the Global Land Tools Network holds its seventh partners meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Ahead of the meeting, PRIndex’s country engagement lead David Ameyaw explains how we will be working with agencies in more than 30 countries to lay the foundations for a global property rights conversation…