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    Custodians of the land, defenders of our future

    A new era of the global land rush

    Reports & Research
    September, 2016
    Australia, Global, Honduras, India, Mozambique, Peru, Sri Lanka
    Land & Investments
    common lands
    farmers
    farming systems
    gender equity in access to land
    indigenous peoples' land rights
    Indigenous Peoples
    land deals
    land grabbing
    land investments
    land rights
    pastoral land rights
    pastoralists
    tenure security
    women

    Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to protect it: farmers, pastoralists, forest-dependent people, fisherfolk, and indigenous peoples.

     

  2. Library Resource

    Política Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional 2011-2015.

    National Policies
    El Salvador, Americas, Central America
    Land & Gender
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    farmers
    rural population
    natural disasters
    water rights
    gender equity in access to land
    farming systems

    El presente documento establece la Política Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (PNASAN), la cual tiene cobertura nacional y se aplica durante el período 2011-2015. La Política presenta un enfoque intersectorial. Su objetivo consiste en volver una realidad el derecho a la alimentación, eliminando la pobreza y las desigualdades sociales que existan en el país.

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    Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2012-2016.

    National Policies
    Nicaragua, Central America, Americas
    Urban Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Gender
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    food security
    land management
    farmers
    farming systems
    land governance
    water rights
    peri-urban agriculture
    forestry
    natural disasters
    sustainable land use
    gender equity in access to land
    farmland
    land rights
    agriculture
    land ownership

    El presente documento establece a nivel nacional el plan de desarrollo humano, que contempla líneas de acción y medidas para erradicar la pobreza, garantizar el respeto de los derechos de las personas a satisfacer sus necesidades básicas (alimento, vivienda, salud, educación y seguridad) y conseguir una vida digna para todos los nicaragüenses. El Plan es de carácter intersectorial y abarca el período comprendido entre el 2012 y el 2016.

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    Decreto por el que se aprueba el Programa Especial Concurrente para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable 2014-2018.

    Regulations
    Mexico, Americas, Central America
    Land & Gender
    Land & Food Security
    farming systems
    food security
    gender equity in access to land
    farmers

    Por el presente Decreto queda aprobado el Programa Especial Concurrente para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable 2014-2018, de observancia obligatoria para la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación y las entidades paraestatales coordinadas por la misma.

  5. Library Resource

    Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

    International Conventions or Treaties
    January, 1979
    Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Canada, United States of America, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, Japan, Mongolia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Croatia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga
    Land & Gender
    gender equity in access to land
    land rights
    advocacy
    farmers
    women

    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:


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