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FACTBOX-Best and worst countries in Africa for women's land rights
By: Katy Migiro
Date: October 13th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A group of women is to climb to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to call on African governments to improve female access to and control over land
NAIROBI, Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of women from more than 20 African countries are meeting in Tanzania to write a charter of demands to improve their access to and control over land.
Colombia plans to buy land from wealthy owners to give to the poor
Metro.co.uk
Colombia plans to buy land from wealthy owners to give to the poor
Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk
Tuesday 4 Aug 2015 1:39 pm
Colombia wants to buy land back from wealthy private owners and redistribute it among the poor, as the country comes out of five decades of conflict.
Agriculture Minister Aurelio Iragorri told the El Tiempo newspaper that the idea was to create a ‘land bank’ for the needy.
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Indian farmers at risk as states bypass land acquisition laws – activists
By: Rina Chandran
Date: November 7th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - States across India are bypassing land acquisition laws by introducing land pooling schemes to speed up industrial and development projects, a move that activists say leaves farmers and the environment vulnerable.
‘Land rights have become the number one national issue’: Activists warn of Myanmese military’s land grab
By: Reuters in Yangon
All land in Myanmar is owned by the state, but individuals and communities have land use rights and can lease the territory they have traditionally farmed to other parties or foreign investors.
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Govt seeks to empower ethnic minorities on land rights
By: Sandra Ampiire
Date: November 28, 2016
Source: New Vision
According to the lands ministry, only 6% of registered and titled land belongs to women
A Bill meant to protect the rights of women and minority groups on land acquisition is in the offing.
This was revealed by the commissioner equity and rights, ministry of gender labour and social development, Bernard Mujuni.
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Peru leads the way for Latin America's indigenous communities - Mattia Cabitza, The Guardian
[From The Guardian] In February, after a legal battle lasting nearly two decades, little-known indigenous communities in Ecuador's Amazon region won a multi-billion dollar landmark ruling against the oil giant Chevron. The company was accused of polluting a large part of the Amazon basin by dumping billions of litres of chemical-laden materials, which campaigners said destroyed crops, killed livestock and increased cancer rates among the local population.