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Displaying 781 - 790 of 1156How open data on land and property rights can improve global food security and nutrition
Please register for our upcoming webinar on “How open data on land and property rights can improve global food security and nutrition”
Date: Apr 19, 2018 4:00 PM CEST
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3331496432886332417
Webinar: Her Land Her Story | Strengthening Women's Land Rights
The Land Portal Foundation, the Cadasta Foundation, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Thematic Network on Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources will co-host an interactive webinar to highlight the critical links betw
Webinar: Property Rights Media Barometer and Narrative Analysis
Strong narratives and widespread media coverage are essential for elevating an issue onto the world stage. Global challenges that grab headlines and galvanize audiences are the ones that reach stakeholders, influence policymakers, and inspire change. Property rights is not a topic that has traditionally garnered high profile media coverage or policy interest. How can we change that?
7th Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Partners Meeting
Established in 2006, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is celebrating 12 years as an alliance of diverse global, regional and national partners that contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development through improvements to security of tenure and land governance. During this period, the Network has positively influenced the global security of tenure agenda and shifted the thinking towards pro-poor inclusive approaches. Practical tools have been developed and tested at country level, security of tenure improvements provided for everyday people in local communities, innovative projects delivered via the clusters and key stakeholder capacity strengthened to approach the challenges with knowledge and confidence.
Call for Applications: Human Rights Campaign and Policy Advocacy Programme Officer
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is a regional organization founded in 1992 as a platform for solidarity and cooperation among indigenous peoples in Asia. AAIP is currently looking for an experienced Programme Officer in HUmand Rights Campaigning and Advocacy.
Deadline: 15.04.2018
Cambodian farmers sue Thai sugar group Mitr Phol over alleged land grab
Farmers from Cambodia have filed a lawsuit in a Thai civil court against Asia’s largest sugar producer, accusing it of rights abuses after it allegedly kicked farmers off their land, a rights group said on Monday.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand, the group, Inclusive Development International, said in a statement.
Zambia Should Protect Customary Land Rights
Commercial Farmers Abusing Rural People’s Rights
As activists and policymakers from across the globe gather in Washington D.C. for the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, it’s a good time to reflect on how commercial agriculture leaves peasants landless in Zambia.
Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil's poor is arrested
Brazilian police have arrested a priest in the Amazon who championed the rights of smallholders against powerful agricultural interests.
Father Amaro Lopes is the best-known follower of the American-born nun, Dorothy Stang, who was murdered in 2005 in a killing orchestrated by landowners during a dispute that continues today.
Her Land Her Story: A Women's Land Rights Campaign
Please join us for a special campaign to shine a spotlight on women’s land rights.
Property rights in Mongolia: Making space for women?
“How can “property” own property?” It means how can a woman own property like land or housing if she is considered as a man’s property herself. I learned of this “phrase” from Tanzanian colleagues during a global team workshop in Oxford, UK, last autumn with the WOLTS project. They shared with me about how women in Tanzania are sometimes viewed by men as belonging to them – as their property! Something I thought was quite different to Mongolia.
WOLTS stands for Women’s Land Tenure Security.