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  • Member since: 2011
  • Headquarters: India
  • Contact: Mr Dinesh Rabari
  • Address: 2/B MILIND PARK, ST. XAVIER'S HIGH SCHOOL, MEMNAGAR ROAD, AHMEDABAD 380 052.
  • Phone: + 91 079 2791 2492
  • Email: maragindia@gmail.com
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MARAG

MALDHARI RURAL ACTION GROUP

2011

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Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Recognize and protect the diverse tenure and production systems upon which people’s livelihoods depend, including the communal and customary tenure systems of smallholders, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, fisher folks, and holders of overlapping, shifting and periodic rights to land and other natural resources, even when these are not recognized by law, and whilst also acknowledging that the well-being of resource-users may be affected by changes beyond the boundaries of the land to which they have tenure rights.
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Diverse Tenure Systems

Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to pursue both de jure and de facto equality, enhancing the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making, and ensuring that control over land and the benefits that are derived thereof are equal between women and men, including the right to inherit and bequeath tenure rights.
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Equal land rights for women

Respect and protect the inherent land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge and cultures contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment".
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Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Mission

The organization’s mission is the formation of a just, dignified and equitable, healthy, self-reliant, educated, and self-governed society through the empowerment of the marginalized communities and the promotion of the collective ownership over natural resources. 

The organization aims to attain this mission by initiating movements for the rights of marginalized communities, with a central focus on child rights. Furthermore, the MARAG group creates opportunities for the socio-economic and multi-cultural development of the marginalized communities, with a special emphasis on women.

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Constituencies

Constituencies include all marginalized communities, focusing especially on pastoralist communities.

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  • Address: 2/B MILIND PARK, ST. XAVIER'S HIGH SCHOOL, MEMNAGAR ROAD, AHMEDABAD 380 052.
  • Phone: + 91 079 2791 2492
  • Email: maragindia@gmail.com
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