A tribute to Mandela - reflections on Development

Local, national and international development is all about change, positive change on some really big issues; poverty, health, inclusive and accountable government, rights, the environment and so much more. 

Certainly a way to celebrate the life, greatness and achievements of Nelson Mandela is for governments and for all of us involved in Development to take some time out to reflect on the change principles and strategies that drive our work, be that local action, big funding decisions or any other work along that horizontal continuum.

 

Thanks to a great man...

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." (Nelson Mandela, 18/07/1918-05/12/2013)

SUPPORTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RURAL CAMEROON

 

 

For the past couple of weeks, the Human IS Right team has been working very hard with women groups in two villages in the Buea municipality to develop a new project that will engage in advocating for women's access to land rights. With the help of Graziella Scudu and Megan Heweyers our inters respectively from Italy and Canada and female volunteers at the South West Regional office for the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms; we were able to carry research on needs assessment to design a suitable project on land rights and the rule of law. The project is tagged SUPPORTING GENDER EQUALITY IN RURAL CAMEROON. Cudos to the HISR team.

Human IS Right Celebrates World Human Rights Day

Human IS Right joins the rest of the international community to celebrate World Human Rights Day. The theme of this year's commemoration is "WORKING FOR YOUR RIGHTS" . As the theme states, Human IS Right shall join the Regional Secretariat for he National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms in a one day conference. Human IS Right's team will present on the 10th of December shall present two papers one on Post Elections Survey Report and Land Rights and The Rule of Law: Helping the Woman.

 

Theatre and reality

Human IS Right wants to promote a very touching work by Egly Larreynaga y Luis Felpeto which tells the real story of four inmates of the psychiatric department of Soyapango prison in San Salvador, El Salvador. http://www.teatroechegaray.com/es/info/los-mas-solos

Prisons overcrowding, a decaying situation for prisoners in Cameroon!

Prisons overcrowding, a decaying situation for prisoners in Cameroon! Overcrowding in prisons is a prevailing problem across many countries in Africa, with the ill practice of holding prisoners on remand compounding the issue. The result is... that in Cameroon a good majority of the prison population is made up of those awaiting trial. Investigations clearly show that prison conditions are inhumane and fundamentally breach human rights. Overcrowding is such that some prisoners sleep on bare floor in the very cold weather of Buea in the rainy season and very hot during the dry season. Poor prisoners face physical, financial and language barriers and in most cases do not have a lawyer. A great majority of those incarcerated in the Buea central prison come from the rural areas and neighboring villages with very low income (below $2 per day) and most of them are primary school drop out; they do not speak English and can barely understand the language of the court.

Can women land rights reduce domestic violence against women?

Can women land rights reduce domestic violence against women? An initiative of Landesa, the Center for Women's Land Rights champions the untapped potential of women and girls to transform their communities. With secure rights to land, women and girls can improve food security, education, health, and economic development for themselves and their families.