• Address: No. 3 II Main, Veerabadra LayoutBasavanagar, Manathahali P.O Box Bangalore- 560037 Kamataka, India

SARRA

SOUTH ASIA RURAL RECONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION

2007

Member since

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Platforms

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

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

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

Mission

SARRA's mission is to develop knowledge and insights related to the guiding philosophies, frameworks and strategies for achieving sustainable development of underdeveloped countries; to enhance knowledge and skills for building working partnerships with rural communities; and to design strategies for participatory planning, implementation, monitoring, feedback and evaluation. 

SARRA was established in May 1984, with a view to function as a training resource agency in South Asia for enhancing the capabilities of grassroots rural development agencies to promote participatory, integrated and sustainable development practices leading to achieving the empowerment of the people.

Objectives

N.A.

Constituencies

Its constituencies include the rural poor.

  • Address: No. 3 II Main, Veerabadra LayoutBasavanagar, Manathahali P.O Box Bangalore- 560037 Kamataka, India