6 November 2020
After years of blood, sweat and tears Badiri Vamaga, the largest clan group in Kirakira, NCD, is enjoying unprecedented optimism now that they are registered with the Department of Lands and Physical Planning as an Integrated Land Group (ILG).
They received their ILG certicate recently from the
29 July 2020
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Is the COVID-motivated shift enough to support all the laid-off garment industry workers? Who will really benefit?
7 May 2020
GLTN’s Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) has acquired a surprising application in the identification of vulnerable households. A case in point is in Nepal where the GLTN in collaboration with UN-Habitat Nepal Country Office, and its local partner Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) have been
6 January 2020
Riding a populist backlash against the elite, President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to rescue landless peasants from poverty. Instead, he has reinforced the monopolistic grip of landowners.
SAGAY CITY, Philippines — On the day the gunman murdered her husband, Elza Balayo was planning a treat for her
27 March 2018
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
5 December 2017
With a population of 163 million people and an area of only 147,570 square kilometers, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Land scarcity, insecure tenure, and other factors have contributed to a high volume of land conflicts. Such problems are compounded by
28 August 2017
ROME, Aug 28 2017 (IPS) - Indigenous Maasai people in Loliondo region,Tanzania have been facing new cases of forced evictions and human rights violations, a major international organisation supporting indigenous peoples’ struggle for human rights and self-determination warned.
2 August 2017
What do you get from fighting for land rights in Thailand? You cannot ask Den Khamlae, 65, a prominent grassroots land rights activist. He mysteriously disappeared in a forest reserve near his rickety home in Chaiyaphum last year.
By: Jon Fernquest
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
From land with community deeds for landless to stopping poor farmers & sea gypsies getting kicked off of land, land reform needed to fight inequality at root of Thailand's political conflict.
EDITORIAL
By: Online reporter
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: Bangkok Post
About 800,000 landless people are awaiting promised land allotments from government agencies, according to figures compiled by the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry.
By: Manipadma Jena
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Date: Monday, 23 May 2016
A district in the eastern state of Odisha is challenging gender inequality by giving land to vulnerable women living alone
BARIPADA, India - When her husband died seven years ago, leaving her to fend for herself,
By: Hanna Hindstrom
Date: September 2nd 2016
Source: the Diplomat
Economic development must not come at the expense of those less fortunate.