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The Victims of Salaminita: The road to land restitution in Colombia

This post originally appeared on Place. By Adriana Ortiz-Serrano For the 263 residents of Salaminita, a village near Colombia’s Caribbean coast, all that is left of their town is a sign and clamors for justice. The villagers, who fled their homes in 1999 after paramilitary forces killed three residents and threatened the rest at gunpoint, have yet to be given back their land [...]

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November 28, 2017

Moving the Needle Forward on Land Rights in the Sustainable Development Goals

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November 21, 2017

A Jedi Approach for Companies to Manage Grievances and Land-Related Risk

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November 21, 2017

Women as Agents of Climate Change Action – Women’s land rights in customary settings are a key mitigation and adaptation strategy

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November 08, 2017

Rural Women Must Not Be Left Behind

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October 16, 2017

To meet global development goals, protect women’s land and resource rights

By the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Landesa, and REFACOF. Indigenous and rural […]

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September 27, 2017

Guest Blog: A Timely Tribute to the Power of Women’s Land Rights

This blog originally appeared on Place. By Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro Twenty years ago, […]

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August 22, 2017

Securing Land Rights for the Poor is Key to Telangana’s Success

By Naveen Kumar A major cause of economic vulnerability of rural families in India […]

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August 08, 2017

An Unrelenting Tide

This blog originally appeared on The Mark News. China’s rapid urbanization has come […]

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July 11, 2017

Africa’s Women are Still Waiting for Equal Inheritance Rights

This blog originally appeared on Women Deliver. By Godfrey Massay I was twelve […]

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June 20, 2017

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