The land reform in Madagascar - a model for replication?
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20 September 2011 to 19 September 2012
Nicaragua: Indigenous People Vow To Preserve Their Lands
The original names of the hills, trees, rivers, animals and Bosawas basins are preserved in the Mayangna language. This is proof that these [lands] have been inhabited and cared for by our ancestors,” said Esteban López, vice president of one of the seven indigenous governments that administrate semi-autonomous areas in northern Nicaragua.
Guatemala: The War Over Land - By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 12, 2011 (IPS) - The violent eviction of 91 rural families in northern Guatemala was the latest incident in the ageold conflict over land in a country where the army is frequently called in to force peasant farmers off their land.
Mainstreaming Gender Consideration in REDD - By Mavis Otinkorang
Sep 12, 2011 (Public Agenda/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- So far, debates around Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) have almost neglected gender issues and the role women can play. Despite the fact gender equality is currently appreciated among many professions, professional foresters have not embraced the idea. Mrs.
Land-grabbing in Madagascar: un’iniziativa popolare salva piccole porzioni di terra
A partire dal 2003 il land-grabbing, una nuova forma di colonialismo consistente nell’affitto sotto costo o nell’acquisto di terreni dell’ Africa o del Sud America, è diventata una minaccia reale per il Madagascar.
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and Habitat Agenda
International Conventions or Treaties
December, 1995
Global
These two important documents include obligations related to women's housing and inheritance rights. Under the Habitat Agenda, States commit themselves also to:
"Provid[e] legal security of tenure and equal access to land to all people, including women and those living in poverty; and undertaking legislative and administrative reforms to give women full and equal access to economic resources, including the right to inheritance and to ownership of land and other property, credit, natural resources and appropriate technologies" (Sec. 40b)
Peru leads the way for Latin America's indigenous communities - Mattia Cabitza, The Guardian
[From The Guardian] In February, after a legal battle lasting nearly two decades, little-known indigenous communities in Ecuador's Amazon region won a multi-billion dollar landmark ruling against the oil giant Chevron. The company was accused of polluting a large part of the Amazon basin by dumping billions of litres of chemical-laden materials, which campaigners said destroyed crops, killed livestock and increased cancer rates among the local population.
Women’s equal rights to housing, land and property in international law
International Conventions or Treaties
December, 2005
Global
[From UN-Habitat] Women’s equal rights to adequate housing, land and property are well elaborated under international human rights law but are often elusive in practice. This document is a reference guide to international human rights standards identifying both the substance of women’s rights as well as the commitments made by States with regard to improving women’s rights to adequate housing, land and property.
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
International Conventions or Treaties
December, 1998
Global
The Optional Protocol entered into force in 2000.
Success at Halting Largest Foreign Land Deal in South Sudan
The combined force of the U.S. based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.