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Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods, and a cornerstone for the realisation of human rights and for poverty reduction. Secure land rights are particularly important in helping reverse gender discrimination, social exclusion of vulnerable groups, and wider social and economic inequalities linked to inequitable and insecure access to land.
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55,000 to be granted security of tenure in Pernambuco thanks to UN-HABITAT’s Global Land Tool Network
Nairobi - 09/04/2010

The Brazilian Government recently announced that it would not evict around 55,000 from their homes in Santo Amaro.

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