MARAG

MARAG is a grassroots NGO working with pastoralists and other marginalised communities since 1994 in India.

[ANSH Happiness Society @HappinessANSH]

सुनो..
तुम, अब गांव में ही बस जाना..
दो सूखी रोटी खाना..
पर वापस ना आना !!
हम, तुम्हें दीन-हीन,
ग़रीब, बेचारा कहते हैं ना..
खुद घरों में घुसकर,
तुम्हे सड़कों पर भूखा, पैदल छोड़ते हैं ना..
बस तुम वापस न आना !!
यकीन मानना..
यह सारे शब्द बदलेंगे..
बेचारा कौन है, हम यकीनन समझेंगे !!

[michael taylor @lifelanddignity]

National livestock herd of Mongolia has increased from 20 million to 80 million in past two decades. @landcoalition member JALITY (pasture users association) shares with #AsiaLandForum how it is meeting this challenge through more sustainable rangeland management

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Kundan Kumar of @RightsResources is sharing how evidence-based advocacy has become an integral part of RRI’s work in supporting the rights of #IndigenousPeoples and local communities to pursue #landgovernance. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

.@A_Zbona is sharing @BHRRC ‘s work in upholding civic freedom, protecting #landrightsdefenders and holding businesses accountable for #humanrights violations. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow #defendthedefenders @LandRightsNow

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Antoine Deligne of @LandRegion is sharing the organisation’s main objective to secure tenure for smallholder farmers in #Cambodia, #Laos, #Myanmar and #Vietnam. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Amin Shamseddini of @UNESCAP explains the work of Asia Pacific Center for the Development of Disaster in monitoring and enacting preemptive measures in one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

We start the day by connecting our members with regional platforms on #landgovernance in Asia. Together we are learning each other’s experience in pursuing people-centered land governance in the region. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow #LandReformForAll

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Frank Pichel of @CadastaOrg invites our members to collaborate on collecting data of land use, land mapping and aligning data collection with #SDGs indicators, LANDex. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

At the moment: Participants of the #GenderJustice training are learning the power relations between women and men and how we can move forward with enacting gender-just values in our work. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow #LandReformForAll

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

📢 Day 2 of #AsiaLandForum is bringing you these exciting parallel discussions! Pick your choice, join us, tweet and tag us! #landrightsnow #LandReformForAll #DefendTheDefenders @RDF_Kyrgyzstan @AsianFarmers @OxfamIndia @trocaire @Ekta_Parishad

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Morning plenary at #AsiaLandForum: Don Marquez of @ANGOCorg explains how land conflicts in Asia are increasing in coverage and intensity, many of which go undocumented and unreported. #landrightsnow #LandReformForAll

[rinachandran @rinachandran]

Laws fail to adequately protect #landrights across Asia, with agrarian and tenancy reforms, and land redistribution an unfinished task - Don Marquez, @ANGOCorg #philippines #AsiaLandForum

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Hijaba Ybankhai of JASIL #Mongolia says herders in the country typically do not own land and secure tenure rights, making them vulnerable to land grabbing driven by the mining industry. #AsiaLandForum #landrightsnow #LandReformForAll

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

There should be a gender audit on the laws and policies that govern land ownership. Women in #India remain in struggle to own land due to the deeply entrenched patriarchal values in the society - Dr. Ginny Shrivastava. #landrightnow #AsiaLandForum #LandReformForAll

[ILC Asia @ILCAsia]

Power structures continue to determine the agrarian reform, making it a top-down process at the country level. This has made the role of civil society and movement become more critical than ever - Setiyawan Sunito of @ipbofficial at the #AsiaLandForum. #landrightsnow

[Aneesh Thillenkery @AneeshThillenke]

Day 2 of Asia Land Forum in #Udaipur, India. Friends working on Land Issue from different countries of #Asia are here, on 4th October they will join in Delhi to show solidarity with Jai Jagat 2020. #JaiJagat2020 #LandRightsNow #AsiaLandForum @ILCAsia @landcoalition @JaiJagat2020

[michael taylor @lifelanddignity]

70% of pastoralists/farmers in Gujarat are landless or near-landless. At the root of the crises they face is the privatisation of common lands and resources for individual and corporate accumulation. Lalji Desai at #AsiaLandForum @maragindia #landrightsnow

[michael taylor @lifelanddignity]

Kundan Kumar of @RightsResources opens session on agrarian reform in Asia at #LandForumAsia asking how the existential crisis across the world gives us new allies in our work for system change in #landrights

[michael taylor @lifelanddignity]

Efforts for ‘Agrarian reform’ have been too focused on farmers and not enough on pastoralists, forest dwellers and fisherfolk - Prof Sunito @samdhana_inst @ILCAsia #AsiaLandForum. Too true.

[MARAG @maragindia]

Common property is important for pastoralist. We need high level of conservatives to conserve land, high level of conservatives to conserve life, High level of conservatives to conserve nature with Harmony. - Lalji Desai on Day 2 of Asia Land Forum #AsiaLandForum @ILCAsia