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In the fourth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, their work and strategy to raise awarenss on land tenure issues is descibred.
In the fifth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran provides a description of the legal support and assistance Uttaran provides to local people.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
The sixth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, Uttaran's impact on several settlements in Bangladesh is described.
The content of the booklet is as follows
In the eighth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, several of the case studies by Uttaran are described.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
1. Khasland utilisation
2. Gender in land governance
3. Legal Support
4. Media coverage
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With limited land, access to it has been a prevailing issue which leads to human rights violations to farmers, and to the disadvantaged women and indigenous peoples.
By: Megan Rowling
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need to pressure governments to make it happen, an international network of forest policy groups said.
By: Kizito Makoye
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAMBIANI, Tanzania, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Zuhura Salim was not entirely sure her family would ever recover a piece of land that her father-in-law seized when her husband died in a fishing accident some 11 years ago.
By: David Courch
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: The Guardian
Court grants Arctic village rights over hunting and fishing after lawyers for state were accused of ‘rhetoric of race biology’
By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
The presidential bet says land distribution under the Aquino government is a 'farce' because support services are not being given to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of land reform,” presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday, February 3.