Land is life for millions of rural and indigenous women across the region. Even during the pandemic, land- and resource-grabs have gone unabated and continue to threaten the food security, livelihoods, and territorial rights of communities. Nevertheless, women have always organised and fought to resist these attacks brought about by neoliberal globalisation, fundamentalisms, militarism and patriarchy, and to defend their rights.
APWLD is launching new briefers sharing the meaningful journey of our partners and members in the FPAR on Land Rights through these country briefers, documenting the women’s situations, struggles and demands for land and resource rights. You can click on the links below to download the individual briefers.
Bangladesh: Badabon Sangho: Empowering women to claim ownership over land and water bodies in Rampal and Sundarban areas
Burma/Myanmar: Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU): Empowering Nebulal women to defend their rights to land, livelihoods and decent work
Cambodia: Cambodian Volunteers for Society (CVS): Empowering young women to resist Sombo Hydropwer project in defence of their land and livelihoods
Indonesia: Rumpun Perempuan dan Anak Riau (RUPARI): Peasant women of Koto Garo reclaiming land seized by plantation companies
Kyrgyzstan: JIPAR Foundation: Empowering landless migrant and former refugee women to claim their right to accessing land from the state fund in the Chui region
Nagaland, Northeast India: Sisterhood Network: Beisumpuikam women interrogating discriminatory Naga customary law to demand women’s land ownership
Nepal: National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF): Indigenous Majhi women resisting the construction of Sunkoshi hydropower dam in Manthali, Ramechhap to protect their land rights
Pakistan: Roots for Equity and Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek: Organising rural women in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to investigate the impact of land grabbing and corporate control on their communities
Philippines: Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women: Lumad women defending their indigenous right to ancestral land and resources in Mindanao
