Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Thousands of people affected by the Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Indira Sagar, Upper Beda and Man dams responded to a call by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and joined a protest march at Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday to raise their voice against the state government decision to raise the water …
Development aggression through state, public-private partnerships and corporate projects – large dams, mines, logging, plantations, national parks... and the like – are displacing millions of indigenous peoples from their lands and territories... their traditional sources of subsistence, distinct cultures and ways of life. Indigenous peoples in their resource-rich lands are …
Papers presented at a conference held on 21 September 2011 in The Hague, the Netherlands. The symposium will serve as a platform to discuss the links between climate change, water stress, migration and conflict from a human security perspective. The discussion will revolve around capacity building and resilience in hotspots, …
RANIGANJ, 28 JUNE: The coal projects in the state have always faced hurdles, be it in the form of the unyielding attitude of the land losing community or the usual cries of protest of the persons who have been affected due to the sheer apathy of the Coal major in …
Members of Kadar tribe to be relocated to Vazhachal The settlement of the Kadar tribe at Kuriyarkutty, 8 km inside the core area of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, will now be shifted to Vazhachal as per the wishes of the majority of this primitive tribal group. The authorities had been trying …
SAMBALPUR: Displaced by Hirakud dam project, the fishermen residing in periphery villages of Hirakud dam reservoir (HDR) are finding it difficult to eke out a living. While the fish population in the HDR has been on a decline, they had hoped that the industries in the periphery would help them …
316 families were displaced from seven villages for the prestigious ICTT at Vallarpadam “It is a matter of shame for a civilised society to still condemn these families who had sacrificed all their hard-earned belongings for a prestigious project, to a sub-human existence.” This was how the fact investigation committee …
Haflong: Apprehending that they would be left in the lurch once the 150 MW Lower Kopili Hyrdro Electric Project in Dima Hasao district is commissioned, local people have demanded the state government to ensure proper compensation, rehabilitation and employment opportunities before power generation commences. Several organisations, including Karbi Students’ Association …
A Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has stated that the state government project to build a dam on river Kalu in Thane district should be scrapped. The Bombay high court had asked the committee to submit its report/suggestions/recommendations about the dam to the central …
Farmers, whose tracts have been acquired by the government for the Emaar, Financial District and other projects, seem to have a remote possibility of getting them back. Except for a decision by the state government, the farmers who lost their land have no chance of getting back the lands legally …
This paper examines what motivates the participation of African slum(1) dwellers in urban social movement activities. This issue is analyzed through a case study of grassroots mobilization around evictions in Kurasini ward, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The paper uses an analytic narrative approach to account for patterns in participatory behaviour, …
The war of words between the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd. (SMHPCL), the private company building the Maheshwar dam, has reached its peak with the NBA threatening to file a suit against the company for making “wild and defamatory” allegations. “The SMHPCL has falsely …
Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world. “This amounts to around one million displaced every year since Independence,” says a report released recently by the Working Group on Human …
New Delhi: A number of farmer leaders were present at the one-day fast at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, where speakers took up the issue of land acquisition. Both Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare spoke about the importance of development strategies that are inclusive in nature. Ramdev and other protesters spoke …
This publication provides a synthesis of UNHCR’s flagship publication, The State of the World’s Refugees: In Search of Solidarity. The book itself was produced during 2011-2012, and written from the perspective of UNHCR, drawing on experiences from the past seven years. It is divided into eight thematic chapters, which together …
Minorities and indigenous peoples are under increasing threat from governments and private companies wanting to benefit from the resources found on or under their lands. Despite the growing recognition of their rights in international law, once their land is targeted for development – for mining, oil and gas extraction, dams, …
Large number of thermal power plants are in pipeline in Vidarbha (Maharashtra). They are projected as local development using local resources, but local communities are protesting strongly as the benefits bypass them and they bear the adverse impacts. This submission by PEG to the Kelkar Committee, set up by Government …
Concerned that the Forests Rights Act was yet to bring benefits to the majority of the forest dwellers in the country, the Centre has told the state governments to expedite the implementation of the landmark 2006 legislation that seeks to transfer the ownership rights of forest lands to the people …
Around 25 Sri Lankans have been displaced following the earthquake that struck parts of Italy on May 20 around 4am, the Sri Lankan embassy in Italy said yesterday. The embassy said the displaced Sri Lankans have been provided with facilities. The embassy is in constant touch with the Sri Lankan …
A row over planning how to bind all emitters under a global climate pact from 2020 at U.N. climate talks in Germany is blocking negotiations to deepen nearer term emission cuts and raise cash to help poor countries cope with a warming planet, the EU said Tuesday. Delegates have failed …
