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Printer\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 viewbox=\u00220 0 924 1000\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cpath d=\u0022M0 900V567l116-129h85v64h-56l-80 89v245h795V591l-80-89h-56v-64h85l115 129v333H0zm201-319V251l151-151h372v481H201zm60-61h403V160H412v151H261v209z\u0022\u003E\u003C\/path\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EEthiopia\u2019s Lower Omo Valley, a home to 200,000 indigenous people is being turned into an industrial powerhouse.\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThese communities are \u003Ca 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That means less grazing land for their cattle herds, which are their economic mainstay, and less land to plant sorghum and other subsistence crops. The authorities are coercing them, often with promises of food aid, to move into new government villages, often in deplorable conditions, where they are encouraged to work on the new sugar plantations as laborers. These communities are unlikely to see benefits from the plantations and instead may face great hardships to feed themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ESadly, this isn\u2019t an unusual circumstance. Human Rights Watch\u2019s research has found that even when governments are working to end hunger and achieve food security nationally \u2013 Sustainable Development Goal 2 \u2013 when they do so without assessing the human rights impact of projects and consulting with affected communities, they can end up making food security for these communities worse and trigger large-scale rights violations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022report\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-node embedded-entity-bundle-report embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related flex md:ml-8\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__image flex-none\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/report\/2012\/06\/18\/what-will-happen-if-hunger-comes\/abuses-against-indigenous-peoples-ethiopias\u0022 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Hunger Comes?\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__subtitle text-gray-700 text-lg font-serif font-normal leading-snug py-2\u0022\u003EAbuses against the Indigenous Peoples of Ethiopia\u2019s Lower Omo Valley\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022media-related__list\u0022\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022media-related__item block border-t border-gray-200 first:border-t-0 \u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/ethiopia0612webwcover_0.pdf\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__item-link flex py-2\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022media-related__item-icon self-center\u0022\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-4 inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse 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xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-docicon\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__item-title font-semibold text-sm pl-4\u0022\u003EDownload the report in Amharic\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli class=\u0022media-related__item block border-t border-gray-200 first:border-t-0 \u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/ethiopia0612amLowBandwidth.pdf\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__item-link flex py-2\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022media-related__item-icon self-center\u0022\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-4 inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-docicon\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__item-title font-semibold text-sm pl-4\u0022\u003EDownload the text-only report in Amharic\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ethiopian government typically promotes large-scale development projects, often at the expense of local communities that get little say, much less a chance to voice concerns or criticism of the government\u2019s development policy. The country\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2012\/02\/01\/ethiopia-future-last-remaining-human-rights-monitoring-ngo-balance\u0022\u003Erepressive laws\u003C\/a\u003E prevent nongovernmental organizations from operating freely; there\u2019s little \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2015\/01\/21\/journalism-not-crime\/violations-media-freedoms-ethiopia\u0022\u003Eindependent media\u003C\/a\u003E permitted; and those who speak out and seen as anti-development or anti-government are often punished severely. Local community members may be passive bystanders while their livelihoods are destroyed, or be arrested or harassed by security forces if they try to speak out.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022quote\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-paragraph embedded-entity-bundle-pullquote embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n \n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022pull-quote-block py-12 leading-tight max-w-xs mx-auto\u0022\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote md:text-2xl font-sans font-bold pl-10 md:pl-16 relative\u0022\u003E\n Ensuring that local communities have a voice in development and in evaluating progress is vital to ensure meaningful progress towards the elimination of hunger and malnutrition\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote-icon text-gray-400 absolute top-0 left-0 w-6 md:w-10\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-quote-open\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022pull-quote-block__credit font-sans mt-6 pl-10 md:pl-16\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022pull-quote-block__author text-sm md:text-lg font-bold\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022pull-quote-block__title text-xs md:text-sm\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EA development approach like that used in Omo can actually lead to a worsening of food security for local communities. Most Omo groups have two main sources of food: their cattle and crops grown along the Omo River. The government will reap the financial benefits of the conversion of these grazing and crop-producing lands to sugar. But local communities, having lost access to the land that sustain their food sources will now either be reliant on government food aid or forced to find other means to eat. \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EEnsuring that local communities have a voice in development and in evaluating progress is vital to ensure meaningful progress towards the elimination of hunger and malnutrition. Governments committed to poverty reduction should commit to open, participatory and transparent development, robust monitoring procedures, and a meaningful role for civil society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EAs one Omo pastoralist said to Human Rights Watch, \u201cWhat is development? Whenever \u2018development\u2019 comes, it means we become hungry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]