Knowledge management and learning are at the heart of the LAND-at-scale program. On June 29th at a pre-event of the LANDac conference, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), LANDac and the International Land Coalition (ILC) officially announced their collaboration to implement the knowledge management (KM) component of the program.
This session zoomed in on the local situation and challenges faced by grassroots communities and women in some low-Income countries. It provided an overview of support provided by Civil Society organizations (and governments) facilitating communities, women in particular, to step up the efforts to strengthen their land rights and to generate resilience in face of the climate and COVID-19 challenges they are facing.
More secure land tenure provides much better opportunities to face climate and COVID-19 challenges by investing in high biodiversity local food & income systems.
When Talabitti’s husband died in 2016, her claim to the family land seemed to die with him. Though her husband had worked the family land by himself, upon his death his male cousins laid their claim. If Talabitti attempted to make a competing claim, they threatened to drive her away – with violence, if necessary. Sadly, this threat materialized.
When Namati's Community Land Protection project in Sierra Leone's Paki Massabong Chiefdom came to a close, a 'handing over' ceremony was held. Along with village chiefs and local officials, a number of female community members stood to speak. Here are excerpts from what a few of these women shared.
Un informe de FAO señala que vieron reducidos sus ingresos e intensificada su carga laboral durante la pandemia, momento en que fueron "desproporcionadamente" golpeadas por la crisis económica y sanitaria.
Por Katerine Duque Duque
Es necesario adoptar una mirada feminista para entender la situación de seguridad y de violación a los derechos humanos en el Norte del Cauca.
Esta entrevista a Sandra Peña fue realizada en conjunto con María Isabel Cajas y Valeria Piedrahita Perea.
Por Susana Morán
En el campo, la salud pública pasó de ser deficiente a desaparecer durante la emergencia. Las mujeres rurales –que ya tenían una gran carga laboral– han cuidado a sus enfermos y de la educación de sus hijos. Pero han donado los productos de sus fincas, mientras que el Gobierno ha sido un gran ausente para ellas. El programa Súper Mujer Rural apenas ha entregado ocho créditos. Las brechas en el campo han sido históricas y la pandemia las acentuará, según expertos.
Second in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) at the ReSAKSS Annual Conference in Lomé, Togo, Nov. 11-13.
