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Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?
Source: iied
By Eric Yeboah
Land rights play a crucial role in agricultural development and inclusive growth, but in many countries in Africa, women lose out from patriarchal legal and cultural traditions. How can these practices be changed to benefit everyone?
Venezuela: indigenous women speak out against miners and armed insurgents
Source: Forest Peoples Programme
Two indigenous women’s organisations in the Venezuelan State of Amazonas have denounced the activities of armed groups who identify themselves as Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) and who are working with illegal miners in the Autana area.
Choque entre policías e indígenas en protesta en Congreso brasileño
Source: BBC
17/12/2014
Un grupo de indígenas brasileños armados con arcos y flechas se enfrentaron con la policía brasileña en el interior del edificio del Congreso Nacional en Brasilia.
El grupo, de al menos 30 personas, trató de entrar a la fuerza al edificio para protestar por una controvertida ley que le daría al Congreso poderes para demarcar las tierras indígenas.
Thai military storms forum on land rights in Isan, threatens organizers with arrest
Source: PRACHATAI
Tue, 16/12/2014 - 10:53
More than 100 farmers in a northeastern province face charges on land
encroachment as a result of the junta's Return the Forest policy, after the
military prohibited the farmers from holding a public discussion to voice
their concerns to the military government.
Closing the Gender Gap for a Fairer Future
Source: Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security
Written by Regina Laub and Susan Kaaria, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Indian tribal protesters stand up for their rights
Source: BBC News
11 December 2014
By Ashraf Padanna
Trivandum
For more than five months, a group of 50 tribespeople have been standing outside a government office in the southern Indian state of Kerala to press their claim for land and amenities.
They are demanding that the government deliver on its promise of giving land, water and electricity to the community.
Tribespeople comprise nearly 500,000 of Kerala's 33 million people and are mostly landless and desperately poor.
The solution to climate change is in our lands
Source: La Vía Campesina | GRAIN | pdf
05 December 2014
A global effort to give small farmers and indigenous communities control over lands is the best hope we have to deal with climate change and feed the world’s growing population.
Forest groups want climate schemes that violate rights to be suspended
Source: The Guardian
By: John Vidal
Indigenous people warn during Lima climate talks that they are being ignored over exploitation of lands and are critical of pledges to stop deforestation.