La reforma agraria chilena, un proyecto de modernización y transformación social radical, incluía tanto las mujeres como a hombres campesinos a través de un modelo de "familia moderna" en el cual el hombre se transformaría en buen proveedor para la familia y productor para la nación, mientras la mujer se transformaría en una dueña de casa moderna.

AWID presentó la iniciativa “Fortalecimiento de movimientos y organizaciones feministas” (BFEMO, por sus siglas en inglés) como parte de su plan estratégico correspondiente al año 2006.

This paper evaluates, using logistic and multiple regression analyses, the socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ decisions to adopt rotational woodlot technology in the farming systems of Uganda, based on a household survey carried out between May and December 2004, involving 120 farmers in Kigorobya sub-county, Hoima district.

This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”.

Hanfets is a popular mixture of wheat and barley grown in the highlands of Eritrea and Tigray (Northern Ethiopia).

Includes gender equality – a liberation struggle or a colonial imposition?; gender equality vs. traditional culture; women’s land rights in traditional culture; what are the practical solutions?; can the paradigm help improve women’s land rights?

ABSTRACTED FROM SUMMARY: Many ethnic groups practice a system of land use and resource management which is uniquely adapted for upland areas. This has developed over generations as part of traditional ways of life, and is underpinned through ritual and customary practices.

O presente volume reúne algumas das comunicações apresentadas no painel sobre “Cidadania e Governação” da Conferência Inaugural do Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE), que teve lugar em Setembro de 2007, em Maputo. Tratando-se de um tema muito amplo e aberto, não existe uma problemática comum aos textos seleccionados.

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El VII Censo Nacional Agropecuario y Forestal realizado en 2007 permite conocer en profundidad tanto la estructura agraria chilena −considerando el uso y tenencia del suelo, tipos de cultivos, tecnología y mano de obra empleada− como los cambios que ha experimentado el sector agrícola, ganadero y forestal durante el último decenio en su estructura productiva, principalmente por el impacto de ac

An exciting new collection inspired by a 2003 Oxfam/FAO workshop in Pretoria. Foreword briefly looks at the struggle for women’s land rights across the globe and the lack of concrete gains. Women have been confronted by resistance and patriarchy. Many land reform programmes over the past 60 years were falsely premised on notions of a unitary household.