Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Report: Women Short-Changed on Commercial Land Deals in Africa

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Women are often short-changed compared to men when communities are compensated or resettled during commercial land deals in Africa, and governments should take action to rectify that, researchers said Tuesday. The World Resources Institute's (WRI) research showed men had received up to six times as much for their land. And although women usually had smaller land parcels, they also lost access to resources such as rivers, forests and social networks. Among other measures, the...

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