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LandWise
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights (LCWLR) believes that all women should have secure rights to and control over the land they use and the land they farm.
An initiative of the LCWLR, LandWise empowers policymakers, researchers, legal practitioners, and women’s advocates to strengthen women’s land rights around the world through access to relevant and reliable information. LandWise is a free online resource connecting users to legal materials, information about relevant customary practices, and explanatory materials.
LAND DISPUTE BETWEEN KEREWAN DUMBO KONO AND SINCHU CHEDOYEL
Justice 2015 Consultations
Justice plays a fundamental role in eliminating poverty. But justice is out of reach for too many people. Namati hosts a conversation within the Global Legal Empowerment Network about concrete ways in which we can incorporate legal empowerment into the global policy agenda.
Hungary: Adoption of the law on agricultural land
The Hungarian Parliament adopted on 21 June 2013, a law on agricultural land, which imposes restrictions on foreigners to acquire land.
The law received 253 votes in favor, 17 against and no abstentions in Parliament, where the formation of the Conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has a two-thirds majority.
"From May 1, 2014, the farmland market is liberalized in Hungary and the purchase of land will be possible for citizens of member countries of the EU," said the Hungarian government in a statement.
Outcomes of the Online Discussion on Legal Pluralism and Women's Land Rights
From 3 to 23 June 2013, the Land Portal hosted a successful online discussion on "Legal pluralism in Madagascar: can customary and statutory law be reconciled to promote women’s land rights?". The discussion was facilitated by FAO, ILC, Landesa and Observatoire du Foncier in Madagascar.
The discussion had two main objectives: