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Displaying 961 - 970 of 1145Democratic Republic of Congo Land Grabs: Plantation Company Pressures Farming Communities to Cede Land Rights
Source: Global Research
Over the past few days, Feronia Inc., a Canadian-based company majority-owned by European and US development banks, has been pressuring local communities to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would endorse the company’s continued operation and expansion of oil palm plantations within their territories.
Malaysia land rights activist murder suspects charged in court
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Author: Beh Lih Yi
JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two men were charged in a Malaysian court on Friday over the killing of an indigenous land rights defender, in a case which has cast a spotlight on tribespeople's decades-long struggle for recognition.
Kitui women climb Ulonzo hills to demand equal land rights
Source: MediaMax
Author: Charles Muasya
For four hours, Kitui women, both old and young, backed by a few men, braved the scorching sun as they scaled to the top of Ulonzo hills, the highest mountain in the county to compel authorities to give them equal land ownership rights with men.
Gender and Land Statistics
Secure tenure rights and control over land for women and men farmers are key to boosting smallholder productivity, rural development and food security. However, in many parts of the world, men and women have inadequate access to secure property rights over land. Women are particularly disadvantaged: even though they constitute on average 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, women’s ownership of agricultural land remains significantly lower than that of men.
Brief: Land and the New Urban Agenda
When finalizing the New Urban Agenda, United Nations Member States should address land as a key focus area and give attention to all types of human settlements: urban, peri-urban and rural, rich and poor. Members States should confirm and build on existing international instruments that promote the following: secure tenure for all, the public control of land use, the generation of land-based revenue to benefit everyone, and responsible land governance.
International Training on Open and Collaborative Platforms for Responsible Land Governance at Habitat III
16 October, 2016, 9:00 – 16:00
Venue: NH Collection Quito Royal. Address: Luis Cordero, Quito, Ecuador
Job Opportunity: Chief of Advocacy and Communications
Position Title: Chief of Advocacy and Communications
Status: Regular, Full Time
Location: Washington, DC
Classification: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime Pay)
Date: July 2016
Families in southern Sierra Leone sue to recover land from agriculture companies
Landowning families in Imperi and Jong Chiefdoms, Bonthe District in southern Sierra Leone have commenced legal action in the country’s High Court against African Lion Agriculture Limited (ALA) and Carmanor (SL) Limited to recover possession of around 2303 acres of land. The parcels of land are spread across Nyadehun, Tessor, Niangoihun, Bandajuma, Matakan, MoCharles, Gbaniga and Shenge villages. The writ issued on 7th July 2016 also seeks the payment of rent arrears dating back to April 2014 and damages for trespass, among other reliefs.
Cambodia: Suspended sentences and release of land rights activists Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea and San Mala
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources, including the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), about the suspended sentences and subsequent release of Messrs. Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea, and San Mala, members of the organisation Mother Nature, a local environmental group known for its efforts to stop illegal sand dredging and the construction of a hydropower dam in Koh Kong Province.
No law and order: The growing massacre over Brazilian land rights
Source: Fusion
Author: Eva Hershaw
BRASILIA, Brazil—Two years ago, after he received his first death threat from a neighboring farmer, Reinile Alves do Santos told his 13-year old that he was no longer allowed to play soccer in the streets of Claro, a quilombola community in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. He moved him to a different school, and prohibited him from going out alone.
“It is one thing for me to be threatened,” Santos said. “But I don’t want this man anywhere near my wife or son—I don’t want them to be visible to him.”