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6 August 2024
Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
The recent series of ALIGN articles shed light on how civil society, impacted communities and rights defenders across the world have used strategies such as legal action, publishing of mining contracts and stakeholder dialogues to change approaches…
13 October 2023
By Rosa Olokweni, Gender and Land Champion, WOLTS Project Tanzania
Before HakiMadini and WOLTS came to Mundarara, it was as though women in our village were sleeping. None of us was aware of our rights to land, many of us were mistreated by our husbands and we never spoke in meetings.
Today…
13 October 2023
Por Rosa Olokweni, Campeã de Gênero e Terra, Projeto WOLTS Tanzânia
Antes de a HakiMadini e a WOLTS chegarem a Mundarara, era como se as mulheres de nossa aldeia estivessem dormindo. Nenhuma de nós tinha conhecimento de nossos direitos à terra, muitas de nós eram maltratadas por nossos maridos…
16 August 2023
Jamii nyingi za vijijini nchini Tanzania zina changamoto zinazofanana kutokana na makampuni ya uchimbaji madini na wawekezaji. Nimejionea jinsi wanaume na wanawake ambao ni wasaidizi wa jinsia na ardhi wanavyoweza kusaidia.
Kwa muda wa miezi minane iliyopita nimekuwa nikizunguka katika jamii za…
11 July 2023
This panel session reflected on the definition of ‘scaling-up’ with experts from the field bridging experiences from the ground to the theoretical concept of scaling. The focus lied on scaling for increased tenure security – geographically and/or institutionally. Reflections were given on what was…
11 July 2023
This session brought together insights on land governance and climate resilience, with a specific gender focus. Women suffer from lack of access to, decision making over, and use of land. At the same time, climate change disproportionally affects women. Research indicates that ‘gender just land…
27 April 2023
Many rural communities in Tanzania share similar challenges from mining companies and investors. I have seen first-hand how men and women gender and land champions can help.
Over the past eight months, I have been travelling around small communities in the northern part of Tanzania with…
21 February 2023
This blog post is part of the series What to Read.
After the “land rush” in 2007/08, researchers and civil society investigated the speed and scale of this phenomenon or highlighted single case studies. 15 years on, communities who lost their homes in the land rush continue to fight for their…
21 February 2023
Tras la "fiebre por la tierra" de 2007/2008, los investigadores y la sociedad civil investigaron la velocidad y la escala de este fenómeno o destacaron estudios de casos concretos. Quince años después, las comunidades que perdieron sus hogares durante la fiebre por la tierra siguen luchando por sus…
21 February 2023
Tras la "fiebre por la tierra" de 2007/2008, los investigadores y la sociedad civil investigaron la velocidad y la escala de este fenómeno o destacaron estudios de casos concretos. Quince años después, las comunidades que perdieron sus hogares durante la fiebre por la tierra siguen luchando por sus…
21 February 2023
Article de la serie " Quoi lire "
Après la "ruée vers la terre" de 2007/08, les chercheurs et la société civile ont enquêté sur la rapidité et l'ampleur de ce phénomène ou mis en lumière des études de cas isolés. 15 ans plus tard, les communautés qui ont perdu leurs maisons lors de la ruée vers…
21 February 2023
Article de la serie " Quoi lire "
Après la "ruée vers la terre" de 2007/08, les chercheurs et la société civile ont enquêté sur la rapidité et l'ampleur de ce phénomène ou mis en lumière des études de cas isolés. 15 ans plus tard, les communautés qui ont perdu leurs maisons lors de la ruée vers les…