El control de activos condiciona la posibilidad de que las familias puedan lograr un desarrollo adecuado de sus capacidades, superar la situación de pobreza y dinamizar sus territorios; esta condición es particularmente válida considerando la situación de las mujeres.
La mayor parte de los países de la región latinoamericana reconocen y garantizan en sus Constituciones el derecho a la tierra para las poblaciones que dependen de ella, pues este recurso es indispensable para su subsistencia, seguridad e identidad.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE FORWARD: Forced evictions frequently lead to the breakdown of community networks and informal support systems relied upon by women in their daily lives. they often mean disruption of children’s education, diminished access to health services and a deterioration of the family’s mental and physical well-being.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Housing, land and property rights issues affect men and women differently; hence these issues are not gender-neutral and require a gender equality analysis of the problem.
OVERVIEW: Cambodia is a largely agrarian country that emerged from a history of political strife and instability into a period of steady economic growth. However, the country started from such a low base that even after a decade of growth averaging 7% per annum, GDP is only $650. Cambodia is ranked 176th out of 213 countries in terms of purchasing-power parity.
This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the expected ways.
The International Land Coalition (ILC)’s Commercial Pressures on Land initiative aims to support the efforts of ILC members and other stakeholders to influence global, regional, and national processes to enable secure and equitable access to land for poor women and men in the face of increasing commercial demand.
OVERVIEW: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a landlocked country situated in Southeast Asia, bordering Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. Despite a recent increase in the rate of urbanization and a relatively small amount of arable land per capita, most people in Lao PDR live in rural areas and work in an agriculture sector dominated by subsistence farming.
OVERVIEW: Thailand is facing the challenges of a transition from lower- to upper-middle-income status. After decades of very rapid growth followed by more modest 5–6% growth after the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, Thailand achieved a per capita GNI of US $3670 by 2008, reduced its poverty rate to less than 10% and greatly extended coverage of social services.
El mundo no puede eliminar el hambre sin cerrar la brecha que existe en la agricultura entre hombres y mujeres. Con igual acceso a recursos productivos y servicios como tierra, agua y crédito, las mujeres agricultoras pueden producir entre un 20 y 30 por ciento más de alimentos, suficientes para sacar del hambre a 150 millones de personas.
El Empoderamiento de las Mujeres Rurales, un evento organizado por el PMA y las Mujeres de las Naciones Unidas en el marco de la reunión 2011 de la Iniciativa Global Clinton, puso de relieve el papel fundamental que las mujeres agricultoras pueden desempeñar en la derrota del hambre.