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Pakistan: Sindh govt legalises Karachi slums
By: Aslam Shah
Date: February 19th 2016
Source: Daily Times
Sindh Assembly issues notification granting leasehold rights to slum dwellers
KARACHI: Thousands of innocent Karachiites are being deprived of their hard-earned lifetime saving in shape of properties encroached upon by the 'katchi abadis'.
Nearing a text: March to see release of key documents informing the New Urban Agenda
By: Gregg Scruggs
Date: March 7th 2016
Source: Citiscope
A series of high-level reports will be made public this month by global stakeholders and experts, constituting major inputs to the first draft of the Habitat III strategy.
Mind the gap - Uganda, Ethiopia show good laws don't always work in practice
By: Paola Totaro
Date: March 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda's constitution of 1995 is known worldwide for pioneering and gender-sensitive provisions to protect women and their rights.
However the reality on the ground, even two decades later, is an entirely different story, according to a report presented on Tuesday at a World Bank Conference on Land Rights and Poverty.
Australia: Pastoral land reforms have become public brawl: PGA
By: Jacinta Bolsenbroek
Date: March 24th 2016
Source: Farm Weekly
THE Pastoral Lands Board (PLB) issue has become a public brawl, according to the Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) president Tony Seabrook.