Full Coverage: Land

29.11.2006 La promulgación de la norma cuestionada por los latifundistas se produjo en Palacio de Gobierno ante un numeroso número de marchistas de los pueblos indígenas del oriente y occidente que marcharon hasta la ciudad de La Paz.

24.11.2006 Between January and March of this year, more than 1 million tons of fresh vegetables and spices were harvested on small-scale plots tucked away in the island’s urban centers.

24.11.2006 Sólo entre enero y marzo de este año se cosecharon más de un millón de toneladas de hortalizas y condimentos frescos cultivados en parcelas, patios, huertos o canteros ubicados en las ciudades, actividad que se conoce como agricultura urbana.

22.11.2006 Sem-terra organizam protestos e ocupações para exigir governo agilidade na reforma agrária e mudanças na política econômica.
Não se sabe se o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, reeleito no dia 29 de outubro, irá cumprir as promessas de campanha no segundo mandato – como as de não reduzir direitos dos aposentados ou de priorizar os pobres.

20.11.2006 Las instituciones del estado y del gobierno son las principales promotoras de la violencia en contra de las y los campesinos de Ixcán y de Izabal, quienes proclaman sus derechos y el respeto a sus recursos naturales

15.11.2006 The Hindu

08.11.2006 Indian NGO Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) is coordinating a workshop - Realizing Housing and Land Rights: The Way Forward - on November 10 from 4-7 pm at W1 at the India Social Forum. Land rights struggles in India and Pakistan; post-disaster reconstruction experiences; slum dwellers' movements in India; women and property rights, and housing rights' movements in Brazil and Cambodia will be discussed.

08.11.2006 Ayesha Kidwai, a member of the India Social Forum's organising committee, writes about the opening plenary of the ISF which has an all-women panel. Kidwai refutes the much-thought belief that women activists only speak for and to women and are limited to women issues. She says that liberalisation, privatisation, and globalisation are issues also related to and impacting women.