On the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Al Mezan highlights the Center’s work with Palestinian rural women in the Gaza Strip and launches the materials from this collaboration, including a photo gallery
Published : 15 October 2020The impact of COVID-19 on the food system in Nairobi There have been far reaching effects on Nairobi’s economy following the COVID-19 crisis, with the informal sector being the most severely affected. Food accounts for almost
Published : 15 October 2020The DA say that they have evidence that agriculture officials in Mpumalanga have solicited bribes from emerging black farmers. Emerging black farmers in Mpumalanga are being harassed and threatened by officials within the province’s Department of
Published : 12 October 2020OMUTHIYA - About 20 tenants of Endombo compound in Tsumeb suffered another blow after a failed attempt to have the High Court declare an order of eviction instituted by the landlord null and void. The tenants
Published : 09 October 2020Urbanisation and acculturation in Cameroon are eroding traditional conservation practices that helped maintain the equilibrium of the ecosystem. Armand Boui has a problem. The 57-year-old native of Mongonam in the Kadey Division of Cameroon – part
Published : 09 October 2020Five Romani families were forced to leave their apartments on Tuesday morning (October 6), marking a definitive end to the moratorium on evictions during the pandemic. The eviction of five Romani families in the northeastern
Published : 07 October 2020COVID-19 to Add as Many as 150 Million Extreme Poor by 2021 Decades of progress have gone into reverse; ‘the worst setback that we’ve witnessed in a generation’. Eight out of 10 ‘new poor’ will be
Published : 07 October 2020Many of Houston’s most vulnerable communities are still struggling to pay their rent during the pandemic. Rent relief programs and the CDC eviction moratorium are meant to protect them — but many are still forced
Published : 07 October 2020Following the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court, over 150 justice organizations and movements, including advocates for the homeless and defenders of the human right to adequate housing, issued
Published : 06 October 2020