Por : Sofía Calil
La disputa por la tierra siempre ha puesto en tensión el poder económico y político. Actualmente, el derecho a la tierra no es concebido como un derecho humano fundamental en el ámbito internacional. Transitar por este camino es esencial para resolver problemas globales como la pobreza y el cambio climático con modelos y políticas que incluyan a todas las personas.
Second in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) at the ReSAKSS Annual Conference in Lomé, Togo, Nov. 11-13.
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for overturning misperceptions about the role of women in society and on the farm.
In a workshop with a group of agronomists who work in agriculture extension in India, I ask the participants to draw the picture of a farmer with whom they work. All but one of them draw male figures.
By Chris Hufstader
After an audacious land grab by a foreign company, indigenous women in a remote Cambodian village struggle to regain their farms and sacred sites.
Sol Preng remembers vividly the day in 2012 when bulldozers unexpectedly arrived on her family farm.
“The company came and cleared away our cashew trees right before the harvest,” she says. “I lost four hectares of land and all my cashew trees.”
By Deborah Espinosa and Patrick Gallagher, USAID’s Land Technology Solutions Program
Persistent and pervasive gender inequality is a global development challenge that constrains economic growth, educational opportunities, and health outcomes. It jeopardizes food security and undermines poverty reduction strategies. The world over, some formal and many informal laws and customs operate to hinder women’s empowerment and thus their full potential as agents of economic and social change.
Por Raúl Conde
Son el eslabón más débil e invisible: mujeres y rurales, doble exclusión. Triple en el caso de ser inmigrante
As a human rights organisation, gender justice is a fundamental principle of our work, and we have long been conscious of, and sought to address, the barriers to effective participation in decision-making by women, as well as the other human rights violations they may face on account of their gender.
Por: Kate Evans
Como no dejar que las mujeres indígenas queden fuera del mapa.
Todos los mapas cuentan una historia, una historia de nuestra relación con la tierra.
Por Laura Islas
La crisis de violencia y de impunidad por la que atraviesa México ha convertido la labor de proteger el medio ambiente en una de las más letales y peligrosas, especialmente para las mujeres activistas, quienes no sólo son víctimas de los agresores, sino también de las autoridades que las revictimizan, problemática que aún no se sabe cómo enfrentará el nuevo gobierno
I have talked to women in at least 15 countries—in their homes, their gardens, their fields, their pastures, their universities, their community organizations, their government and executive offices, and their courtrooms. When asked about rural women’s land use or rights or ownership or livelihood, the thing that usually stands out to me is that most women say, in one form or another, that rural women are generally able to use land, and sometimes even control land, when they are in an intact family.
After years of efforts, land rights are finally getting global attention. With several land-related indicators included in the Sustainable Development Goals, the land sector now has the unique opportunity to create an unprecedented momentum around land tenure issues and bring it to a higher level on the development agenda. Our goal is, of course, to contribute to the success of the SDGs, but also to be part of sustainable development in its real and practical sense!