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Derecho a la Tierra, no solo palabras

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean

Esta versión número 94 de la serie Diálogos que ustedes, nuestros/as suscriptores, reciben quincenalmente, es el último envío del año 2012 que está finalizando. El artículo comienza con un breve recuento de la escalada de asesinatos de líderes campesinos e indígenas que están luchando por acceso, restitución y seguridad jurídica de la propiedad de la tierra en varios países sudamericanos. Luego se repasan algunos datos sobre hitos del desarrollo rural y la integración en la región.

Mujeres en el mundo rural

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2011
South America
Colombia

   * Sergio Andrés Coronado Delgado Los procesos de emancipación de las mujeres requieren, además de la superación de las condiciones de exclusión social y discriminación que cotidianamente deben enfrentar, la plena garantía de sus derechos humanos integrales y, para el caso de las mujeres rurales, el gobierno y control del bien más importante y sobre el cual construyen y realizan sus proyectos de vida: la tierra.

Women’s Land and Property Rights in Situations of Conflict and Reconstruction

Reports & Research
January, 1998
Rwanda

Women constitute the majority of small farmers, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, in countries around the world, they continue to be denied the right to own the ground that they cultivate and on which they raise their families. This publication, “Women’s Land and Property Rights in Situations of Conflict and Reconstruction,” presents a diversity of views and experiences that describe the multiple strategies being used in countries worldwide to secure women's rights to land and property.

Returnees Land Access: Lessons from Rwanda

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2007
Rwanda

This background briefing reports on a study of land access
for returnees in Rwanda, and the impacts of land access
policies in the post-conflict period. It also seeks to
understand better the roles international humanitarian
agencies and NGOs have played, and how their performance
can be improved. It is not suggested that Rwanda is typical,
but rather that the centrality of land issues there has thrown
up a revealing set of broader questions.

Women’s Land Rights in Customary Dispute Resolution in Rwanda: Lessons from a Pilot Intervention by RCN Justice et Démocratie

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2012
Rwanda

This brief discusses a pilot intervention in Rwanda led by the Belgian
NGO, RCN Justice & Démocratie, with support from the International
Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Belgian Government. A
more detailed and complete discussion of the pilot is given in Lankhorst
and Veldman (2011a). The pilot aimed to transform the customary
resolution of disputes involving women’s land claims concerning
inheritance or marital relations. The intervention examined whether
and to what extent it was possible to increase the scope for acceptance