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Displaying 2491 - 2500 of 6947Stand Up for Women's Land Rights in Tanzania
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Stand For Her Land is advocating with and for women in Tanzania for secure and equal rights to land. With secure land rights, women not only have safe shelter but a chance at a more sustainable livelihood. Despite laws and policies that strengthen women's land rights, women around the globe, and many in Tanzania, face obstacles in exercising those rights. Stand For Her Land is working to close this gap between the laws and practice, empowering millions of women in the process.
F.a: Home Garden Project (HGP)
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This project aims at creating a self-help cooperative where 27 members with physical disabilities will learn about land management and sustainable gardening, will establish gardens in their homes, and will sell vegetables and fruits to different customers. In the end cooperative members earn income and are more independent.
Improving trans-boundary agribusiness responsible land governance in C,L,M,V II
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Oxfam in Myanmar seeks to contribute to the overall Mekong Regional Land Governance (MRLG) outcomes by engaging Myanmar and international agribusiness companies on land issues. In Myanmar, Oxfam will engage with local companies in Oxfam -organised workshops and meetings to raise awareness of land issues in the Shan and Kachin States. In addition, Oxfam will conduct research on company -community conflicts surrounding land acquisition in Myanmar, and support Oxfam in Vietnam's scoping trip and roundtable with Vietnamese companies in Myanmar. Oxfam in Myanmar will also participate in regional MRLG exchange trips and forums.
Land Rights-REGION:_SO
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Promote and defend the rights of women, smallholder farmers and communities to enable access and control over land and its resources: strengthen policy to secure women?s land rights; combat commodity-driven deforestation and defend land rights.
Help People in Myanmar Protect Vulnerable Forests
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Farmers with secure land rights are better able to take care of their land and respond to the impacts of climate change. In Myanmar, Landesa is working with communities and the government to promote Community Forest Certificates, which legalize a way of life local people have been practicing for generations: farming among the trees. Besides giving families rights to farm and live in the forests, CFC's also gives community members responsibilities for caring for this important natural area.