“We don´t always name clean water and nourishment for our communities and families as acts of resistance, because they seem so everyday… but these are an indispensable part of defending our territories, and part of defending life.” Continue reading Small acts of big resistance: Identity and the defence of territory
Category Archives: Land: culture and conflict
The dignity of campesina women
It is around eight in the evening when you start to feel hungry. You wander into the kitchen, open the fridge and take out a tomato, you wash it and cut it in half and… you notice that one part of it is a bit soft, so you squeeze it a little and the juice squirts out and hits you in the eye –the tomato’s revenge. Continue reading The dignity of campesina women
Resistance
Despite this bleak panorama, we observe a lot of different and inspiring examples of civil resistance in Colombia, where communities have developed innovative strategies to protect their land and their way of life. Continue reading Resistance
Defending the land: a dangerous activity
Land rights defenders are “those individuals, groups or institutions who seek to promote and protect land-related human rights, in particular through peacefully confronting adverse impacts of investment projects. Continue reading Defending the land: a dangerous activity
Land: accumulated and badly used
Land in Colombia is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the recent evidence from Oxfam International shows that this tendency is on the increase.[1] Continue reading Land: accumulated and badly used