land rights
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Solidarité des Intervenants sur le Foncier
QUI SOMMES-NOUS ?
Sehatra Iombonana hoan’ny Fananantany ou Solidarité des Intervenants sur le Foncier, connu sous l’acronyme SIF, est une plateforme de la société civile œuvrant dans le foncier. Elle regroupe une trentaine d’organisations majoritairement paysannes : associations et projets travaillant dans le domaine du foncier, fédérations d’organisations paysannes et organisations non gouvernementales. La SIF travaille sur l’ensemble du territoire national, sans distinction de région.
Gender Action
Gender Action's mission is to promote women's rights and gender equality and ensure women and men equally participate in and benefit from International Financial Institution (IFI) investments in developing countries.
NoTAV
No TAV è un movimento di protesta italiano sorto nei primi anni novanta del XX secolo, nel quale si riconoscono gruppi di cittadini accomunati dalla critica alla realizzazione di infrastrutture per l'alta capacità e l'alta velocità ferroviaria (comunemente note come TAV, "Treno ad Alta Velocità"),[1] prese come simbolo ed esempio di una gestione ritenuta inadeguata dei beni comuni, della spesa pubblica, del territorio e della politica.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
We are funded by members and people like you. We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion. No government is beyond scrutiny. No situation is beyond hope.
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Mandate
In its year 2000 session, the Commission on Human Rights asked the Secretary-General to establish a mandate on human rights defenders. The Commission’s intention was to give support to implementation of the Declaration on human rights defenders and also to gather information on the actual situation of human rights defenders around the world (see resolution 2000/61 establishing the mandate).
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups.
Oakland Institute
The Oakland Institute is a policy think tank whose mission is to increase public participation and promote fair debate on critical social, economic and environmental issues in both national and international forums.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) was a Geneva-based international non-governmental organisation founded in 1994 by Scott Leckie as a foundation in the Netherlands (Stichting COHRE). [wikipedia]
Working Group for Women and Land Ownership
ABOUT
The Working Group for women and land ownership (WGWLO), is a network of 41 NGOs, CBOs and individuals in Gujarat, working on the issue of agriculture land ownership from livelihood, security, rights and empowerment angle for women. These are CBOs and NGOs spread in more than 15 districts of Gujarat, working at the rural grass roots level since 2003.