Este estudio principalmente tiene el énfasis en el presupuesto destinado para las mujeres. Esperando que esté pueda contribuir a las organizaciones campesinas y de mujeres en el análisis, y propuestas para transformar las condiciones de vida de las poblaciones más vulneradas en el país, especialmente quienes habitan el área rural, donde hombres y mujeres aportan cada día con la producción y el desarrollo agrícola.

¿Por qué si en las últimas tres décadas hay un progreso significativo en la incorporación de las medidas de género en la planificación del desarrollo rural en Colombia, las mujeres rurales siguen constituyéndose en una población marginal en el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas para el sector rural? Las causas son muchas, y entre estas deben destacarse las de tipo cultural. Precisamente sobre este aspecto enfatizan los contenidos desarrollados en 'Tierra y género: Dilemas y obstáculos en los procesos de negociación de la política de tierras en Colombia'.

Entrevista con María Teresa Fernández, presidenta de la Coordinadora de Mujeres Rurales de Nicaragua, realizada en el marco del encuentro sobre los derechos económicos de las mujeres organizado por Oxfam en Nicaragua del 23 al 25 de febrero 2015.

Consuelo Castillo, mujer defensora de la tierra y de derechos humanos del Aguán, Honduras nos explica algunos aspectos que llevan a la migración forzada en su país: dificultades de acceso a la tierra, violencia de Estado y persecución de personas defensoras de derechos humanos, entre otros. Esta y muchas más historias de vida formarán parte del documental "Casa en Tierra Ajena" fue producido con Fondos CONARE por la UNED y la UCR.

En Colombia, las personas desplazadas o en riesgo de desplazamiento a causa del conflicto armado se enfrentan una gran barrera que les impide acceder nuevamente a sus tierras: La ausencia del título de propiedad.

Adicional a lo anterior, el proyecto Tierra y Género (2010-2014) del Consejo Noruego para Refugiados identificó que la mujer no forma parte del título de propiedad de los predios, lo que aumenta su vulnerabilidad y riesgo de desplazamiento en zonas de conflicto.

Yak farming is the main livelihood source for the high altitude communities in the eastern Himalaya. With increasing access to modern facilities, market opportunities and changes in the legal framework, pastoral systems in the Himalaya are undergoing an unprecedented change. Questionnaire-based qualitative surveys were conducted in five villages of northern Bhutan, to understand how the recent changes in the legal framework for Cordyceps (known as caterpillar fungus) collection have caused specific changes in yak farming practices.

On Wednesday 18 April 2012, between 80 and 100 women from Amuru District in northern Uganda stripped naked in a protest to block their eviction from land they claim is rightfully theirs. They did this in front of representatives of the Local District Board and surveyors of the sugar company Madhvani Group, the firm seeking land in the area for sugarcane growing. By resisting dispossession and challenging state violence, small-scale poor peasants reiterated the political salience of rural social struggles and highlighted the significance of land and agrarian questions.

India has a maximum area (21.6%) under cashew nut and is the third largest producer (17.3%) of raw nuts in the world. The country is the second largest exporter, accounting for 34% of the world’s export of cashew kernels having a comparative advantage in production and processing on account of its cheap and skilled labour force. The yields in India are poor at 860 kg/ha as compared to 4,125 kg/ha in Vietnam and 2,000 kg/ha in Nigeria.

Previous studies in drylands have shown that while gender roles are becoming more flexible, privatization and formalization of land tenure tends to marginalize women in drylands while environmental degradation leads to differential changes in gender workload. Chepareria, a ward in West Pokot County, has undergone the above-mentioned tenure and environmental changes and is nowadays dominated by private enclosures as a land management approach.

Native fauna in Australia’s arid zone has declined significantly since European settlement; however, Martu country in the Western Desert of Western Australia retains a diversity of iconic and threatened species that were once more widespread. An innovative partnership between The Nature Conservancy, BHP Billiton and the Martu people (represented by Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa – KJ) is achieving positive social, cultural, economic and environmental outcomes, which builds on funding from the Australian Government for land management on Martu country.

Recent surveys show considerable progress in maternal and child health in Ethiopia. The improvement has been in health outcomes and health services coverage. The study examines how different groups have fared in this progress. It tracked 11 health outcome indicators and health interventions related to Millennium Development Goals 1, 4, and 5. These are stunting, underweight, wasting, neonatal mortality, infant mortality, under-five mortality, measles vaccination, full immunization, modern contraceptive use by currently married women, antenatal care visits, and skilled birth attendance.

This note aims to provide information and analysis as a basis for a better understanding of the challenges and constraints of achieving gender equality in Bolivia, with a special focus on the intersectionality between gender and ethnicity. Combining and analyzing existing evidence and new data, it seeks to document gender-specific disparities in development outcomes, highlight opportunities and constraints to women’s empowerment, and identify areas in which continuing knowledge gaps are particularly important to understand and address gender inequalities.