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NELGA Masterclass: Mining, Extractivism, and Land Rights in Africa

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Webinar Series: Agrarian Conversations Agrarian ConversationsFeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Webinar Series: Agrarian Conversations

Agrarian Conversations Webinar: Wednesday 27 January 2021 at 14:00 CAT The Agrarian Conversations series aims to address strategic and urgent issues in and in relation to the rural world today. Pastoralists are some of the most marginalised people on the planet, but they have much to teach us all. Pastoralists make a living from livestock on extensive dry and montane…
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January 22, 2021
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PLAAS hosts policy engagement workshop to promote secure land tenure for women Events – Women's Land Tenure SecurityNews & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS hosts policy engagement workshop to promote secure land tenure for women

The Institute for Poverty, Land, and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is hosting a policy engagement workshop for its latest project titled “Privatisation of customary land and implications for women’s land tenure security and livelihoods in Southern Africa” from 2 to 3 December 2020. The training workshop will focus on high-level policy engagement and communications to promote secure land tenure for women.…
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November 27, 2020
Briefing note on “Legal pluralism and poor implementation hold back women’s land rights in Africa: What can we do?” FeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events FeaturedUncategorized

Briefing note on “Legal pluralism and poor implementation hold back women’s land rights in Africa: What can we do?”

Briefing note on “Legal pluralism and poor implementation hold back women’s land rights in Africa: What can we do?” From the Beijing Conference held 25 years ago to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016 women have voiced their concerns on land rights as the top agenda among other policy issues. The African Union and several African countries have formulated…
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November 27, 2020
PODCAST Ep. 7: Feminism and postcoloniality: Transcending patriarchy and nationalism Agrarian PoliticsNews & EventsUncategorized

PODCAST Ep. 7: Feminism and postcoloniality: Transcending patriarchy and nationalism

To grapple with patriarchy requires drawing inspiration from anticolonial struggles, recognising the constraints of the neocolonial present and forging a post-patriarchal postcolonial future. In this episode, we speak with Professor Patricia McFadden, a radical feminist, scholar and activist from eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), who spent 20 years in the anti-apartheid and anti-colonial struggle and whose work addresses gender politics and citizenship,…
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November 23, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: The land of opportunity? The status of the government’s state land release promise News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: The land of opportunity? The status of the government’s state land release promise

Webinar: The land of opportunity? The status of the government’s state land release promise Thursday 12 November 2020 from 13:00–14:00 (CAT) PLAAS invites you to a webinar on “The land of opportunity? The status of the government’s state land release promise”. The webinar will be chaired by PLAAS researcher Katlego Ramantsima, and will feature: Alwyn Esterhuizen, GIS Specialist at the…
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November 6, 2020
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Apply now: Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies News & EventsUncategorized

Apply now: Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies An invaluable online learning opportunity What our programme offers The Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies is a unique programme offered by PLAAS, at the University of the Western Cape. It is the only programme in the land and agrarian studies field offered at a South African University, and accredited…
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October 23, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: Do rural African young people have a future in agriculture? News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: Do rural African young people have a future in agriculture?

Webinar: Do rural African young people have a future in agriculture? Thursday 22 October 2020 from 13:00–14:00 (CAT) PLAAS invites you to a webinar on “Do rural African young people have a future in agriculture?”. The webinar will be chaired by Dr George Mudimu, PLAAS postdoctoral fellow. Speakers are: Dr Elina Amadhila (University of Namibia), Dr Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey (University…
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October 19, 2020
PODCAST Ep. 6: Political Ecology – society, nature and the commons Agrarian PoliticsFeaturedNews & EventsNews & Events Featured

PODCAST Ep. 6: Political Ecology – society, nature and the commons

Inequality and injustice cannot be resolved within society without also confronting the destructive and exploitative relations between society and nature. This is a key argument within political ecology, an interdisciplinary approach that challenges ideas among radical thinkers in critical agrarian studies. In this episode, we speak with Prof. Amita Baviskar, a leading Indian scholar and activist involved with struggles around…
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October 13, 2020
World Food Day 2020: Food is our right: The struggle for equitable food systems African food systems and Covid-19News & EventsUncategorized

World Food Day 2020: Food is our right: The struggle for equitable food systems

Friday 16 October 2020 12:00–14:00 Live on Zoom & Facebook Food system change is key to achieving the right to food On World Food Day (16 October), academics and activists will debate and share insights on the impact of the food system on ensuring the right to food and ending hunger. The Right to Food is enshrined in international agreements…
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October 9, 2020
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PLAAS Webinar: The land shall be shared among those who work it? Interrogating the release of state land News & EventsUncategorized

PLAAS Webinar: The land shall be shared among those who work it? Interrogating the release of state land

Webinar: The land shall be shared among those who work it? Interrogating the release of state land Thursday 8 October 2020 from 13:00–14:00 (CAT) PLAAS invites you to a webinar on “The land shall be shared among those who work it? Interrogating the release of state land”. The webinar will be chaired by PLAAS researcher Katlego Ramantsima, and will feature:…
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October 6, 2020