C’est dans un contexte d'intifada avec les forces de l'ordre que le collectif des victimes des démolitions de Tivaouane Peulh a tenu une marche ce vendredi 16 octobre 2020 pour réclamer les 20 ha de parcelles que le Chef de l’État Macky Sall avait octroyés aux victimes suite à une opération de démolition de maisons en 2017. Occasion pour Ousmane Ndiaye, membre et porte-parole dudit collectif, de revenir sur ce qui a motivé cette marche.
This publication provides practical and evidence-based guidance on how to improve women’s access to land as an essential element to achieve social and economic development and enjoyment of human rights, peace and stability in the specific context of the Muslim world. The challenges faced by women living in Muslim contexts do not substantially differ from those faced by women in other parts of the world: socially prescribed gender roles, unequal power dynamics, discriminatory family practices, unequal access to justice are the most common.
The world is increasingly encroaching on indigenous peoples’ traditional lands. Around the globe, indigenous communities are forced to cede ground to state development, corporate land grabs, rising sea levels, environmental degradation, and population growth. The right to land provides the basis for access to food, housing, and development. But for indigenous peoples, traditional lands are more than this; they represent essential ties to their ancestors, their culture, and their languages. Losing their land means losing their way of life.
Demonstrates that most arguments leading to the current bias against rental housing are highly flawed. Argues for more tenure-neutral housing policies, and urges governments to modify regulatory frameworks, develop credit programmes and other forms of assistance to support housing production, with a view to creating more rental housing and to improve the existing stock.
