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Lacking land, she was forced to sell her cattle. \u201cNow my children beg me to give them fruit,\u201d Khorsheed said. \u201cI have to try to distract them with sweetened tea. The children want milk, but now I have to buy it and it is expensive.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/19117\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/2013_tajikistan_resettlement_presser.JPG?itok=iWGuy-fL 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/2013_tajikistan_resettlement_presser.JPG?itok=tA2utNdW 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/media\/images\/photographs\/2013_tajikistan_resettlement_presser.JPG?itok=tA2utNdW\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022567\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\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-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\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\u003EA row of partially complete, unoccupied houses in the resettlement community in Nurabod district.\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2013 Jessica Evans \/ Human Rights Watch\u003C\/span\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\u003EWhat happened to Khorsheed is a sadly typical example of the adverse impact development can have on vulnerable communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ETajikistan, a mountainous country in Central Asia, suffers from critical energy shortages in cold winter months, so the government has pursued the development of the Rogun Dam and Hydropower Plant to increase energy supply and bolster the economy. To make way for the dam and reservoir, the government resettled 1,500 families like Khorsheed\u2019s and may displace some 42,000 people overall. Despite government commitments to protect those resettled, many families have lost farms, orchards, and pastures essential to their food security and livelihoods, that were never properly compensated for or replaced. Most families have found themselves resettled to places where they have Insufficient land and an inhospitable climate that prevents them from engaging in agriculture there.\u00a0\u00a0 The government didn\u2019t consistently provide timely and accurate information about grievance mechanisms and remedies, as required by national and international law.\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\/2014\/06\/25\/we-suffered-when-we-came-here\/rights-violations-linked-resettlements-tajikistans\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__image-link\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cimg 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Tajikistan and other governments should ensure that economic development efforts don\u2019t undermine or violate basic social and economic rights that are the basis for key sustainable development goals, including ending poverty, eradicating hunger and achieving food security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments have committed to \u201caccess by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations\u201d to \u201csafe, nutritious and sufficient food\u2026\u201d and to ensuring access to \u201cownership and control over land.\u201d To this end, governments should ensure and monitor changes in access to land and other productive resources, including for small-scale food producers, of which there are many in Tajikistan.\u00a0 Without this, governments risk undermining the very rights which any progress made to achieve truly sustainable develop\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}]