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Cristina Bautista, colombiana e indígena, lideresa social y tejedora de pensamiento y comunidad / Cristina Bautista, a Colombian and indigenous social leader, community thinker, and weaver of thoughts

23/05/2023

4 pages long

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Cristina Bautista, colombiana e indígena, lideresa social y tejedora de pensamiento y comunidad / Cristina Bautista, a Colombian and indigenous social leader, community thinker, and weaver of thoughts

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This is a tribute to activist, Cristina Bautista in Colombia. She was an indigenous woman working on the rights of women in her community and on land rights. The author traces Cristina's life and the Hilando pensamientos (Weaving Thoughts), the Nasa women's movement. Her activism was powerful, and Cristina was killed in 2019 by armed actors.

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Briefing paper

Negotiating Consent: Lessons in defending the right to decide

09/12/2021

3 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Indigenous peoples have long asserted and defended their rights and customary land tenures against the unlawful enclosure of their territories. Yet, despite normative recognition of the right to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC)—and public commitments by major multinational companies, international financial institutions, and global banks to apply the standard of consent—power imbalances continue to […]

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Research report

Beyond Land Titles, Towards Resilience: An experience from India through the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006

27/11/2020

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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Tenurial rights are critical for the Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities, and especially tribal groups of India. The discourse around the ownership, governance and management of forests in India underwent a significant change with the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The livelihoods of people living close to and within forests are inextricably linked to […]

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Case study

A Quiet Revolution: Land justice for Miskito Indigenous peoples in Honduras

26/11/2020

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study tells the story of the Miskito Indigenous people’s struggle in Honduras to regain land taken from them during the colonial period which has benefitted around 90,000 people. The eventual restoration and legal protection of their rights to ancestral land and to self-governance has righted a historical injustice and provided them with more […]

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Briefing paper

Consent is Everybody’s Business: Why banks need to act on free, prior and informed consent

20/08/2019

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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A community’s choice to give, or withhold, their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) to a project or activity planned to take place on their land is a recognized right of Indigenous peoples under international law. It is also a best practice principle that applies to all communities affected by projects or activities on the […]

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Case study

Youth Participation in Water Governance: Learning from a Youth-Led Programme Design

01/04/2019

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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In June 2014, Oxfam convened a participatory youth-led project design workshop as part of its Mekong Regional Water Governance Program (MRWGP) in Cambodia. The MRWGP piloted a youth inclusion component for 18 months to contribute to its wider aim to ‘support vulnerable communities in the Lower Mekong to enjoy sustainable livelihoods that contribute to ecosystem […]

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Journal article

Indigenous women’s struggles to oppose state-sponsored deforestation in Chhattisgarh, India

09/11/2017

16 pages long

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Indigenous women’s struggles to oppose state-sponsored deforestation in Chhattisgarh, India

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In Chhattisgarh state, nearly half the land area is covered with forests that are essential to the livelihoods and culture of the indigenous communities there. Tree felling has escalated in the past decades, with natural forests replaced by teak plantations. The article narrates the struggles of AAS, an organisation of indigenous women, for restoration of […]

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Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

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