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Imagem: Johnny Miller
31 May 2021
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa
Escrito por Matthew Maganga | Traduzido por Camilla Sbeghen
 
Terraced Fields Credit: ©2010CIAT/NeilPalmer
12 May 2021
Authors: 
Amaelle Seigneret
Sub-Saharan Africa
South America
South-Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Global

As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Amaelle Seigneret, Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development(link is external), to hear what’s new. 

Palm Oil Truck
12 May 2021
Authors: 
Nathaniah Jacobs
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone
Asia
Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Global

As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Nathaniah Jacobs, Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear more about the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. The Navigator is positioned to be a valuable tool and resource for ALIGN stakeholders. 

Foto: Alfredo Zuniga AFP
19 April 2021
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique

Governo vem adotando posicionamento favorável à promoção dos interesses privados em detrimento do exercício do seu papel de proteger efetivamente os direitos das populações no país.

Por Isabella Lamas*  

Fonte: Nzira Deus
30 March 2021
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique
Nzira Deus denuncia a usurpação de terras e a violência em Moçambique e compartilha estratégias feministas para a organização e transformação.
 

Por Nzira Deus

 

Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa
5 March 2021
Authors: 
Ms. Cynthia Berning
Sub-Saharan Africa

As part of the Prindex global dataset, people in 34 sub-Saharan countries were asked about their feelings of security or fear regarding possible eviction. Dr Ibrahima Ka and Cynthia Berning share intriguing findings.

Being evicted is one of the most unsettling things that can happen to you – living in fear of eviction is bad for your health and wellbeing and puts your life on hold, stopping you from investing in your future.

22 February 2021
Authors: 
Miss Olipa Katongo Kunda
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia

When a woman has legal access to and control over land and its profits, she improves her own life and that of her family.  In order for this to happen, equitable laws, policies, systems and customs that promote and support women’s land ownership must be put into effect.

Foto: Reprodução / Reuters
27 October 2020
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe
Por Hilary Zhou
 
Fome e conflito são a face do continente africano. Mas nem sempre foi assim.
 
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania. Access and control over land is essential to strengthen the rights of African women farmers
15 October 2020
Authors: 
Philippine Sutz
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya
Tanzania

A new blog series featuring voices from East and West Africa will take a closer look at a set of principles we think strengthens women’s land rights. Here, IIED’s Philippine Sutz tells us what to expect.

Wikus De Wet / AFP
17 June 2020
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa

Por Abahlali baseMjondolo*

Tradução: Ítalo Piva

 

No capitalismo racial imposto pelo colonialismo, os detentores do poder monopolizaram seu controle sobre a terra

Fonte: Felipe Brescancini
13 May 2020
Authors: 
Henrique Norte
Amanda Martínez
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique
Mulheres reúnem-se para dançar Tufo na comunidade de Mafalala, em Maputo. Fonte: Felipe Brescancini - Think Twice Brasil.
 
A falta de acesso à posse de terra urbana é uma das possíveis causas da expansão e formação das chamadas favelas, presentes nas grandes metrópoles do Sul Global. As favelas geralmente estão localizadas em zonas de risco, tais como em morros ou nas beiras de canais que colocam em perigo permanente a saúde pública de quem nelas habita. 
 
Fatuma, an agricultural laborer in Tanzania, is among the millions of women worldwide who work on land but don’t own land of their own.
12 May 2020
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

This blog recapitulates the interventions made by the panelists of a recently held GODAN Action webinar on “Empowering Women for Open Data Mapping in Agriculture: Implications for Land Rights and the SDGs in Africa”, Victor Sunday, Dr. Toyin Ojo, Nathalie Sidibe and Uchechi Shirley Anaduaka.