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La comunidad Huntuta y las tierras de Dania

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Bolivia

El caso señala a una niña que logra titular una porción de tierra a su nombre. Se trata de una mujer que logra ejercer su derecho a la sucesión y acceso a la tierra. La experiencia de Dania, su momento histórico en una comunidad andina cambiante, la convierten en un referente para las decisiones agrarias, al expresar una acción admirable por precautelar su bienestar y seguridad jurídica.

Acopía: Retorno al campo, una apuesta familiar para la edificación de sueños

Reports & Research
June, 2015
Peru

El caso de la familia Nina Puma se constituye en un ejemplo de acceso a la tierra a través de transferencia de tierras por medio de la herencia en la comunidad de Acopía y la compra de un terreno en la ciudad de Cusco, Perú. El retorno a la comunidad de Acopía se transformó en un emprendimiento familiar vinculado a proyectos de mejoramiento de viviendas y la oferta turística vivencial.

Digital land Survey and Settlement in Bangladesh

Training Resources & Tools
May, 2015
Bangladesh

Utaran began work on the Sustainable Access to Land Equality (SALE) project to ensure transparency and accountability in land governance in December 2012, in partnership with CARE Internaional UK and Manusher Jonno Foundaion (MJF). The project engaged communiies in three pilot upazilas - Amtali Upazila of Barguna District, Mohanpur of Rajshahi, and Sadar of Jamalpur-to raise the awareness of vulnerable landowners about land administraion, and to effect transparent processes for selecing landless people and for khasland setlement.

The Islamic Legal Provisions for Women’s Share in the Inheritance System: A Reflection on Malaysian Society

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2014
Malaysia

Characterized as divinely ordained, the Islamic law of inheritance defines women’s rights to property of the deceased with specific roles and responsibilities for each individual. Obviously, the Islamic law of inheritance is a major contribution to the legal system of the world, compared to the customary laws in the pre‐Islamic Arab society that denied any proprietary right by way of inheritance to female relatives including daughters.

Women’s Access to Land and Property Rights in the Plural Justice System of Timor-Leste

Reports & Research
October, 2014
Timor-Leste

The Centre of Studies for Peace and Development (CEPAD) with support from UN Women, conducted participatory action research over a period of 12 months in order to examine women’s access to justice in the plural legal system of Timor-Leste with a focus on women’s rights to land and property.

Registered Partnership Act (2014)

Legislation
October, 2014
Estonia

The Act lays down main principles for registered partnerships in Estonia. According to the Act, a registered partnership contract may be entered into between two natural persons of whom at least one has residence in Estonia. Notably, the Act provides that, upon entry into a registered partnership contract, the registered partners shall, by agreement, select a proprietary relationship from among the types of proprietary relations provided in Division 2 of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Family Law Act pursuant to the procedure prescribed in the Vital Statistics Registration Act.

Land laws amendment bills: a practitioner’s perspective on the land bills

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2014
Kenya

The first set of the land laws were enacted in 2012 in line with the timelines outlined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. In keeping with the spirit of the constitution, the Land Act, Land Registration Act and the national Land Commission Act respond to the requirements of Articles 60, 61, 62, 67 & 68 of the Constitution. The National Land Policy, which was passed as Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009, arrived earlier than the Constitution, with some radical proposals on the land Management.

FINCA SAN LUIS: FAMILIA MURILLO BARAJAS

Reports & Research
May, 2014
Colombia

La historia de la familia Murillo Barajas es un ejemplo de regreso de la ciudad al campo y de acceso a la tierra a través de la herencia y la compra de un terreno aledaño, para establecer, luego de mucho trabajo, una exitosa finca dedicada a la producción agroecológica sostenible.

"We have inherited not only a piece of land, but also the responsibility to turn it into a home"

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2014
Kenya

A focus edition on family farming would hardly be credible without giving the family farmers themselves an opportunity to speak. We talked to Moses Munyi, the owner of a six-hectare farm in Embu, Kenya, about his everyday life and about his views of the prospects for farming in the future.

Sustainable Access to Land Equality - SALE

Institutional & promotional materials
May, 2014
Bangladesh

Utaran began work on the Sustainable Access to Land Equality (SALE) project to ensure transparency and accountability in land governance in December 2012, in partnership with CARE Internaional UK and Manusher Jonno Foundaion (MJF). The project engaged communiies in three pilot upazilas - Amtali Upazila of Barguna District, Mohanpur

of Rajshahi, and Sadar of Jamalpur-to raise the awareness of vulnerable landowners about land administraion, and to effect transparent processes for selecing landless people and for khasland setlement.