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Posted October 30, 2020 by Lorena Cotza

Community voices: interview with two indigenous Sengwer human rights defenders (Kenya)

In Kenya, the Sengwer indigenous communities living in the Embobut forest have been facing forced evictions, loss of livelihood and violent attacks linked to two conservations projects. Between 2007 and 2013, the World Bank gave US$57 million to carry out a Natural Resources Management P

Posted February 14, 2017 by Carmina Obanil

World Bank Geothermal Project Continues to Disregard Indigenous Rights

On February 16, the World Bank Board is scheduled to review a proposed Action Plan to remedy harm caused to four Maasai villages which were resettled in 2014 to make way for the Olkaria IV geothermal development in Kenya’s Rift Valley, a project financed by the World Bank, the European Investment Ban

Posted January 27, 2017 by webmaster@rightsindevelopment.org

“Development” Finance and the Roll-back of Social and Environmental Protections

This infographic produced by the Coalition for Human Rights in Development together with Otros Mundos and Movimiento M4 tells the complex story of “Development” Finance and the Roll-back of Social and Environmental Protections currently impacting communities all around the world. Today, go