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South Africa: Land Redistribution Programme is on Track
By: Ilze-Marie Le Roux
Date: November 9th 2016
Source: Eyewitness News South Africa
CAPE TOWN - Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister Mcebisi Skwatsha says the land redistribution programme is on track despite “teething problems”.
Groups Support Challenge to Dam Project in Panama for Violating Indigenous Rights
For Immediate Release August 29, 2013
Contacts:Abby Rubinson, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2047, arubinson@earthjustice.orgAmanda Kistler, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), (202) 742-5832, akistler@ciel.orgAstrid Puentes Riaño, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), (52-1-55) 23016639, apuentes@aida-americas.org
Ghana: ‘Women’s access to land key for development’
By: Doreen Andoh
Date: April 28th 2016
Source: Graphic Online
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ms Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, has underscored the relevance of women’s access to land in national development, describing it as fundamental to women’s economic empowerment and sustainable livelihoods.
Beneath the surface of Uganda's 'exemplary' refugee settlement, tensions simmer
By: Tom Gardner
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LAKE NAKIVALE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nyirahubinka Maria, a Congolese refugee and mother of two, lives in "New Congo", the oldest and largest of 86 small villages scattered over the plains and low rising hills that surround Lake Nakivale in southwest Uganda.
Colombia: a community resists land-grabbing and conflict
Top palm oil producer sues green group over deforestation allegations
By: Adam Vaughan
Date: May 9th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Malaysian palm giant, IOI, lost business after it was suspended from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s certification scheme over deforestation allegations in Indonesia
Kenyan widows access to land still a mirage despite favorable laws
Date: 9 December 2016
Source:Coastweek
NAKURU (Xinhua) -- Access to land as a resource for development among widows in Kenya is a distressing issue of discussion despite the laws protecting their rights to land.
The Constitution outlaws violation of an individual’s right to land or property on basis of gender while Matrimonial Property Act clearly stretches out justice to a woman denied access and enjoyment of the respective assets.
Rio's favela dwellers fight to stave off evictions in runup to Brazil World Cup
Land Matters for Children: A Photo Essay
June 1st marks International Children’s Day, a global celebration of children and an opportunity to bring special attention to how secure land tenure positively affects children. Evidence from a number of countries suggests that when women have secure rights to land and other assets their children and their communities also benefit. For example, in countries where women have wea
Female Parliamentarians From Across Africa Meet in Nairobi to Discuss New Policies On Property Rights
Date: December 22nd 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) hosting the first meeting of the WIP Council on Economic Empowerment in Kenya
Land for people, or corporations? - India
Earlier this month, a People’s Tribunal on Land Rights was held in Hyderabad, presided over by Justice (retd) Wajiuddin Ahmed, and heavily attended by peasants and activists. Continued failure of governments to restore land to the landless, and trickery in token farmland distribution, was exposed and decried.
EU must stop supporting the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
