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26 Apr 2013Toma la Palabra
Promesas, poder y pobreza: transacciones de tierras y las mujeres rurales en África
La nueva oleada de inversiones empresariales en tierras parece tener como objetivo la expansión e intensificación de un modelo de cultivo con poca visión de futuro, el cual, hasta la fecha, ha marginado las voces y los intereses de las mujeres.
09 Apr 2013Oxfam
Broken promises: rural women hit hardest by corporate land deals
Small-scale women farmers are the backbone of Africa's food system, but, as corporations buy up huge swathes of rural land, they are losing out at every turn. Marc Wegerif introduces a new Oxfam briefing paper.
06 Mar 2013Land & Poverty 2013
Securing rights and livelihoods for rural women in the context of corporate land investments: Learning from experiences in Africa
Without strong interventions led by rural women themselves, corporate land deals will continue to perpetuate and deepen existing gender inequalities and contribute to increased levels of resource scarcity, poverty and conflict.
05 Mar 2013Swedwatch
“No land, no power”
Executive summary of Swedwatch's report on the Swedfund-supported Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone
04 Mar 2013WRM
Liberian women impacted by expansion of Sime Darby’s oil palm plantations
The report “Uncertain Futures. The impacts of Sime Darby on communities”, produced by SDI and WRM, gives a deeper insight in how industrial oil palm plantations affect women in a differentiated way.
15 Jan 2013APA
Plaidoyer des femmes rurales pour un accès équitable à la terre
Des femmes rurales du Sénégal affiliées à plusieurs structures agricoles ont plaidé, mardi à Diender (Thiès), pour leur accès aux terres et la fin de la spéculation foncière.
25 Sep 2012WNN
Cambodia: Global advocates see land grab protester convictions as harassment
The land grab in Cambodia is creating an underclass of landless citizens who have no stake in society and nothing left to lose. Recourse to the law is not an option.
06 Sep 2012Africa Renewal
Women struggle to secure land rights
Activists are fighting to introduce or strengthen laws intended to give women more secure access to land and are combating social norms and practices that stand in their way.
31 Aug 2012APWLD
APWLD Forum News on landgrabbing
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development has published a special issue of its bulletin on landgrabbing, its impacts on women and their resistance, across the Asia Pacific region.
20 Aug 2012GRAIN
Accaparement des terres et souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
Lors d’un atelier organisé par Synergie Paysanne, GRAIN et le RAPDA, avec le soutien de Pain pour le Prochain, à Ouidah (Bénin) du 7 au 9 février 2012, plus d’une trentaine de participants représentant des organisations paysannes et des ONG actives sur les questions d’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre ont échangé leurs expériences et approfondi cette question.
17 Aug 2012Public Agenda
Transnational land grabs in Ghana cause conflicts
The recent increasing land acquisitions by transnational corporations (TNCs) is causing conflicts among farmers, pastoralists and other land users in Ghana, and have the potential of leading to the loss of arable land by smallholders, reveals a study.
24 Jul 2012Sud Online
Les populations de Wassadou investissent l'avenue Léopold Sédar Senghor
«Non à une seconde Fanaye à Wassadou». Les populations de Wassadou et environs, au Sénégal, ont investi l’avenue Léopold Sédar Senghor pour protester contre la mise en œuvre d’un projet agro industriel sur 3000 ha.
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