Estudio del “conflicto armado interno” fue la lideresa indígena Ruth Zenaida Buendía Mestoquiari (Cutivireni, 1977), activista ambiental galardonada en el año 2014 con el Premio Goldman por la lucha llevada a cabo como presidenta de la Central Ashaninka del Río Ene (CARE) contra la construcción de dos plantas hidroeléctricas en el territorio ancestral de su pueblo.

La Asociación de Pequeños Productores Agropecuarios de la Cristalina del Losada -ASOPEPROC-, como un mecanismo para la superación de la fuerte crisis social y económica que se vivió en la región. Así, 850 familias campesinas se organizaron para conformar esta organización, y transformaron las tradicionales prácticas de ganadería extensiva.

O Grupo Comadres do Café é composto por (10) dez mulheres de quatro Comunidades Rurais (Povoados de Santa Cruz do Monte Alverne, Santa Bárbara, Serrania e Varginha) todas no Município de Miradouro, Minas Gerais. Seu entorno está situado na porção norte da Zona da Mata mineira...

La familia Gómez Montoya, cuenta la experiencia de Rosalina, Una mujer de 71 años, quien a pesar de su baja estatura y avanzada edad, conserva intacto su carácter, sutesón y su ánimo de lucha, adquirido según ella, en su natal ‘Aquitania’, la fuerza para enfrentarse y resistir a las dificultades cotidianas que implica haber crecido y vivido en el campo.

O Grupo de Mulheres Raízes da Terra faz parte do Assentamento Padre Jésus, localizado na Zona Rural do município de Espera Feliz, na Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, .O processo de aquisição das terras do assentamento iniciou-se em 2005 e a terra foi conquistada no ano de 2009, via Crédito Fundiário.

“[...] a comunidade quilombola pra mim, na minha cabeça, quando os nossos antepassados foram sequestrados, eles sabiam que não voltariam pra lá. Então, eles deixaram pra nós essa herança, esse território, deixaram um pedacinho daquela África pra nós. Esse aprendizado, essa cultura, esse modo de pensar que a gente tem no quilombo. E o jongo está incluso nisso. ” (Marilda, liderança)

This report titled Land in India: Issues and Debates is part of an initiative under the aegis of India Land & Development Conference (ILDC) which has a long-term objective of bringing out an annual Status of Land in India volume. This report is a modest beginning in that direction by drawing on the works of ILDC partners to present a quick over view of some of the key developments and debates in India’s land sector. The report brings together 11key issues which currently engage the minds of the policy makers and researchers in India.

In Africa, as elsewhere, land rights have remained a bastion of male power and privilege. Since land is a fundamental resource for improving living conditions and economic empowerment, the lack of land rights for women undermines efforts to promote gender equity and equality within a patriarchal society. The minimal transformation of women’s socio-economic position with regards to access and control of land is, in many cases, due to land reform programmes and related processes whose design or implementation is “gender neutral”.

Land is a critical resource in Kenya, having economic, social, political,
environmental and cultural significance. Kenya’s population continues to rely
on land for both subsistence and economic activities. In fact, the increase
of the population from about 20 million people in the 1960s to about 40
million currently, has put enormous pressure on land. Only a third of Kenya’s
land is arable while the rest is arid and semi-arid. With most Kenyans still
living off the land, contestations over access to, control over and ownership

The Civil Society commends the Ministry of Lands for spearheading the important process of developing the Draft National Policy, and affirms that land is central to the livelihoods of most Kenyans and as such its access, use, ownership, administration and distribution are of key national concern. Thus, having critically examined the Draft Policy we do hereby make our position on the way forward on the salient policy proposals of the Draft National Land Policy document.

This booklet reveals that women only got 103,043 titles representing 10.3 percent, while men got 865,095 titles representing 86.5 percent of the total. The glaring disparity is made clear when looked at against the actual land sizes and titled for women against men. The data sample shows that out of 10,129,704 hectares of land titled between 2013 and 2017 women got 163,253 hectares representing a paltry 1.62 while men got 9,903,304 hectares representing 97.76 percent.

Implementing Constitutional Land Provisions Now to Enable More Women to Own Land. March 8 is celebrated as the International Women’s Day – an event that celebrates women’s achievements on many scores ranging from the political to the social, and at the same time calling for gender equality.