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The policy is on a collision course with the Paris climate agreement and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This briefing follows the trail of […] View resource Briefing note The Risks of Defending Human Rights: The rising tide of attacks against human rights activists in Latin America 25/10/2016 2 documents 16 pages long Languages: English, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Inequality LAC Land rights Latin America and the Caribbean Overview Oxfam is deeply concerned about the worsening levels of violence, murder and repression against the men and women defending human rights in Latin America. This situation is linked to an economic model that fosters extreme inequality and has a negative impact on people’s basic rights. It is the result of harassment entrenched in a patriarchal […] View resource Research report Independent Evaluation of Land Issues: TCCC’s and PepsiCo’s sugar supply chains in Brazil 20/10/2016 2 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Behind the brands Land rights Sugar supply chain Overview Following the publication of detailed claims that their sugar supply chains were linked to land-related human rights issues, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo committed to showing zero tolerance for land grabs. As of early 2016, both companies have taken an important step by assessing the risks and impacts of their cane sugar sourcing on land rights in […] View resource Briefing note Land Rights and Soda Giants: Reviewing Coca-Cola’s and PepsiCo’s land assessments in Brazil 20/10/2016 2 documents 16 pages long Languages: English, Portuguese Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Behind the brands Land rights Sugar supply chain Overview In 2013, Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign highlighted the risks and impacts for communities’ land rights from the sourcing of sugarcane by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and other companies, and called for the companies to commit to demonstrating zero tolerance for land grabs. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo committed to showing ‘zero tolerance’ for land grabs in late 2013 […] View resource Briefing note Land is Life: The struggle of the Quechua people to gain their land rights 26/09/2016 3 documents 12 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Indigenous people Land rights Overview Since the early 1970s the government of Peru has given multinational oil companies permission to exploit significant areas of the Amazon – all of which are ancestral territories of indigenous peoples. The Quechua people of Nuevo Andoas have been particularly affected, suffering the health and environmental consequences of a poorly regulated extractives industry. This paper […] View resource Briefing note Development by Dispossession? Forced evictions and land seizures in Paanama, Sri Lanka 26/09/2016 3 documents 12 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Eviction Land rights Paanama Tourism Overview In 2010, 350 families of farmers and fisherfolk living in Paanama, a coastal village in the east of Sri Lanka, were forcibly and violently evicted from lands they had cultivated and lived on for over forty years. These lands were taken over by the military to establish camps, and they are now being used to […] View resource Briefing note Making Rights a Reality: The ongoing struggle for land justice in the Kimberley Region, Australia 26/09/2016 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Indigenous people Land rights Overview The situation for Aboriginal people and land rights in the Kimberley is a case study on the contradictory nature of Indigenous policy in Australia. The most vulnerable Australians have to fight – sometimes for decades – to be formally recognized under law as traditional landowners; only to come up against a wall of red tape, […] View resource Media briefing Custodians of the Land, Defenders of our Future: A new era in the global land rush 26/09/2016 4 documents 16 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Indigenous people Land rights Overview Since 2009, Oxfam and others have been raising the alarm about a great global land rush. Millions of hectares of land have been acquired by investors to meet rising demand for food and biofuels, or for speculation. This often happens at the expense of those who need the land most and are best placed to […] View resource Briefing note Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality 07/07/2016 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Gender equality Land laws Land rights Women farmers Women s land rights Overview Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […] View resource Briefing paper Building Back Right: Ensuring equality in land rights and reconstruction in Nepal 21/04/2016 1 documents 44 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Housing Land rights Reconstruction Resettlement Shelter Women's rights Overview As recovery in Nepal begins after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck in April 2015, there is an opportunity to ensure that reconstruction and resettlement policies and programmes are inclusive of women and those who are landless – some of the poorest and most marginalized people in the country. This will help address historic social […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Page 13 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know