- CONTEXT
While land and agrarian reforms have been legislated in some Asian countries, they remain an unfinished agenda. Small farmers’ access to and control over land are still elusive. Several Asian countries recognize and support the rights of indigenous people and women, but the implementation of policies remain weak. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable populations and those with insecure tenure were among the most affected by food insecurity and loss of livelihoods.
- TARGET
- Transformative, effective land and resource policies and programs towards enhanced access to, control over, and ownership of land and resources by rural communities.
- Increased capacities of Asian CSOs and rural communities in defending their rights to land and resources.
- KEY ACTIVITIES
- Evidence-based LWA campaigns on land rights recognition and tenure reforms; research on the links between tenure and topics such as climate change, conservation, and the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Mainstreaming Land Rights as Human Rights through campaigns on the prevention of landgrabs and the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
- Empowering women and advocating for the recognition of women’s land and resource rights;
- Facilitating connections and exchanges between and among the network’s partner-constituency-based organizations (CBOs), and convening multi-stakeholder policy dialogues; and,
- Tooling, mentoring, and trainings for CSOs and CBOs.
For more information, download our Strategic Action Plan for 2021 to 2025: https://angoc.org/portal/angocs-strategic-action-plan-2021-to-2025/
