Experts at Dakar event point to a significant cause of investment losses, work stoppages and violence across Africa: the failure of governments and companies to respect the land rights of indigenous and local communities
This November, two pieces of good news have come from Brazilian communities that are working with the sustainable management of their forests.
By Sam Eaton Even the monsoon rains don’t keep the women of Ghunduribadi, a tiny tribal village in India’s eastern state of Odisha, from patrolling…
NEW YORK – Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence? “Yes and more”, says an international group of land…
Around 2.5 billion people live, work, and depend on indigenous and community lands. They protect about half of the world’s land, but have full ownership rights to just one-fifth of that. Why this massive gap?
Monrovia – A group of rural and urban poor women under the banner of the ‘Natural Resource Women Platform’ has catalogued abuses and untold suffering…
We asked women from across Africa what secure land rights mean for them, their communities, and their countries. Here’s what they had to say:
We asked women from across Latin America what secure collective land rights mean for them, their communities, and their countries. Here’s what they had to…
The Fourth International Workshop held in Bogota, Colombia, issues recommendations for public policy relating to indigenous, Afro-descendent, and rural women An international workshop held from…
Como se ve en Yahoo! Noticias Bogotá, 12 ago (EFE).- Mujeres de Colombia, Brasil, Nicaragua, Chile y Perú, entre otros países, debaten desde hoy en…
Globally, and in Latin America, indigenous women, women of African descent, and peasant women continue to be the poorest and most vulnerable in economic terms…
As seen on The Guardian As a teenager, I joined fellow indigenous activists on Luzon, the Philippines’ largest island, to protest against the Chico dam project….
Thanks to advocacy work by RRI Collaborator the Federation of Peasant Women of Cundinamarca (FEDEMUCC), the Colombian government has agreed to establish a comprehensive public…
As seen on SciDev.net Women hold up half the sky, so goes the Chinese saying. Yet in the developing countries of Asia, they do not get…
As seen on The Guardian. How is deforestation and climate change affecting the lives of indigenous women? Women play a very important role in food production and often have…
Download a PDF of this press release here. More than 60 Indigenous Women from Across the World Come Together to Address their Critical Role in…
As seen on The East African: Arguably, there is no other continent on the planet that has more at stake in the discussions to determine…
Open Working Group urged to consider land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities as indicators of global progress Washington, D.C. (17 April, 2014)—A new…
As seen on Reuters YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Elizabeth Maimo” a 52-year-old farmer in Santa in Cameroon’s Northwest Region” has struggled since custom dictated she…
As seen on All Africa Monrovia — Women from twelve of the 16 West and Central African countries who are members of the Rights and Resources…
As seen on All Africa Blayah” Town” Grand Bassa County Palm Oil concession companies are sprouting up in Liberia but the issue of land and expansion…
As seen on the The Right to Inherit Isn’t Working for Indian Women” Says U.N. Study
Survey of 1,400 rural women in three states finds that fundamental reforms are needed SEATTLE – The findings of a survey released today from Landesa and UN…
As seen on WEDO supports Third Regional Workshop on Gender” Climate Change” Land and Forest Tenures in Africa