women

FPIC, palm oil firm and the women of Okomu
- Vanguard News
- 15 December 2020
In spite of its lofty ideals, FPIC (free and priori informed consent) has one failing — it has no legal backing.
Interview with Mrs Marie Noelle ETONDE, SYNAPARCAM (Cameroun)
- Landcam
- 30 Mar 2020
In Cameroon, women are the ones who bring food home, and when there is enough, we sell it. The income allows us to meet other needs. Today, we no longer have this possibility because of the agro-industries, like SOCAPALM
Position statement by women living in the vicinity of agro-industries on the respect of their land rights
- LandCam
- 30 Mar 2020
Women living in the vicinity of eight agro-industrial plantations in Cameroon - HEVECAM, SUDCAM, SOCAPALM, PHP, BIOPALM, SEMRY, RUBBERCAM and SOSUCAM - gathered to discuss the impacts of agro-industrial plantations on women's land rights.
Forum africain sur la gouvernance foncière
- Africa 24
- 11 December 2019
Organisé par la Convergence des luttes pour la terre et l'eau ouest-africaine
Touted as 'development,' land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all
- Phys.org
- 12 June 2019
Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows.
L’Ong Muyissi environnement sillonne les villages de la Ngounié impactés par Olam
- Gabon Initiatives
- 13 April 2019
Dans le cadre d'une campagne d’information sur les violences faites aux femmes riveraines des plantations de palmiers à huile, l’Ong Muyissi Environnement organise une tournée dans des villages gabonnais impactés par la multinationale Olam
Namibia: How corruption affects women's land rights
- The Namibian
- 03 April 2019
Corrupt practices in the context of large-scale land-based investments in Africa contribute to the unauthorised conversion of customary land to commercial land, to the detriment of poor rural women's access
« Nous avons aussi droit à la vie »
- Synaparcam
- 03 April 2019
Requête et revendications des femmes vivant autour et à l'intérieur des plantations de palmiers à huile et d'hévéa de la filiale du groupe Socfin/Bolloré (Socapalm) au Cameroun
Breaking the silence: Industrial oil palm and rubber plantations bring harassment, sexual violence and abuse against women
- GRAIN
- 08 Mar 2019
On the 8th of March - International Women's Day – we join women across the world who are affected by the violent expansion of industrial oil palm and rubber plantations and who are calling for action to stop the harassment, sexual violence and abuse against women in and around plantations IMMEDIATELY!
Malen women cry for help
- Culture Radio
- 27 February 2019
The women of Malen, Sierra Leone are demanding that the lands taken from them by SOCFIN be returned to them so they can go back to their farms for their own agricultural activities and be able to take care of their families.
Sexual violence & threats documented at Liberia Agricultural Company
- FPA
- 22 February 2019
New report alleges that residents of Grand Bassa, Margibi and Bong Counties are being harmed by activities of Salala Rubber Corporation and Liberia Agricultural Company.
The Rural Women’s Movement held a feminist school, mobilizes collective power to demand climate justice
- NAPE
- 16 July 2018
During the first ever feminist school in Uganda, the Rural Women’s Movement underlined that land is central to people’s identity, livelihoods and food security.