Securing water is critical to achieve food security and improve rural livelihoods, especially for the women and men living in arid and semi-arid areas. But accessing this scarce resource can be difficult for those engaged in rural agriculture, women in particular.
This paper calls attention to the ambiguity of SAARC’s position
on the importance of land rights, as well as to the absence
of an official declaration from SAARC on land rights and issues
as these relate to farmers in the region. Judging by its official
documents, SAARC has no clear profile of the poor in South Asia.
La presente Ley tiene por finalidad precautelar el derecho propietario, el interés público, la soberanía y seguridad alimentaria, la capacidad de uso mayor y evitar los asentamientos irregulares de poblaciones.
The Food Security Policy is a national instrument with a multi-sectoral approach, whose long-term goal is to significantly improve food security of the population. The goal implies increasing agricultural productivity as well as diversity and sustainable agricultural growth and development.The policy aims to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.
El presente Decreto tiene por objeto la implementación de la Ley Nº 23.302 en lo que se refiere a la estructura y funcionamiento del Instituto Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas. El Registro Nacional de Comunidades Indígenas formará parte de dicho instituto y tendrá carácter público. Podrán establecerse registros locales en el interior.
Given the growing interest in African farmland and its associated impact on livelihoods of rural communities, the Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (HAKIARDHI) through the support of Oxfam’s Pan-Africa Economic Justice Desk in Tanzania undertook this exploratory study on the current state of the so-called ‘New Land Grab’ in Africa.
Please find links below to a recent Human Rights Watch report and video on the human rights impacts of coal mining in Mozambique. Our report shows that almost 60% of Tete province, site of large coal reserves, has been allocated for approved or proposed mining licenses.
Land is and will remain a primary asset for national development, performing multiple social, economic, ecological and cultural functions. In our vision, land, including both terrestrial and marine areas, will contribute to economic development in agriculture, fisheries, tourism, trade, manufacturing and other sectors.
La presente Ley establece mecanismos, medidas y políticas integrales de prevención, atención, protección y reparación a las mujeres en situación de violencia, así como la persecución y sanción a los agresores, con el fin de garantizar a las mujeres una vida digna y el ejercicio pleno de sus derechos para Vivir Bien.
El presente documento tiene por objeto la Política Nacional de la Mujer y el II Plan de Igualdad y Equidad de Género de Honduras (II PIEGH), que contiene las principales necesidades y demandas de las mujeres como titulares de derechos, para reforzar los logros y avanzar en forma sostenida hacia la igualdad plena entre hombres y mujeres.