Sub-Saharan Africa
There are 298 resources related to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Conflict Minerals and Sexual Violence in Central Africa: Troubling Research
2018
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Social Politics
Doris Buss
This paper explores “conflict mining-related sexual violence” as a type of conflict sexual violence, tracing the dynamic process by which this category is defined in…
Healing the Scars of War: The Women Rebuilding Mozambique's National Park
2018
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Guardian
Irene Baqué, Claudine Spera, Rhiannon Mayor, Marina Costa, Brett Kuxhausen, and Liz Ford
In the heart of central Mozambique, Gorongosa park was destroyed in the crossfire of the country's civil war. Now women are leading the way in its restoration,…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Gender, Human Rights and Resilience in Artisanal Mining Towns of Eastern Congo
2018
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Australian National University Press
Rachel Perks, Jocelyn Kelly, Stacie Constantian, and Phuong Pham
Few things evoke reactions as passionate as issues surrounding gender, conflict and mining in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At once reviled by…
Gender and Natural Resource Conflict Management in Nioro du Sahel, Mali
2003
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International Institute for Environment and Development
Lucy Hamilton and Aly Dama
As important natural resource users, women are affected by and involved in natural resource (NR) conflicts, and contribute to their resolution or exacerbation. Women ’s…
The Impact of Mines and Explosive Remnants of War on Gender Groups
2017
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UK Department for International Development
Edward Laws
There is an increasing recognition in the international community that different gender groups are affected differently by the threat posed by the presence of mines/ERWs…
“Just Women” Is Not Enough: Towards a Gender-Relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding
2017
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Springer
Janpeter Schilling, Rebecca Froese, and Jana Naujoks
Gender is a topic that every large development and peacebuilding organisation mainstreams in its programming. However, often “gender” implies a focus on women. We argue…
Navigating Obstacles, Opportunities and Reforms: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods in Artisanal Mining Communities in Eastern DRC
2017
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Wageningen School of Social Sciences
Marie Rose Bashwira Nyenyezi
Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as in other countries, has generally been treated as a male affair. This, however, overlooks the fact…
The Narrative of Conflict Minerals: An Exploration of Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Socioeconomic Impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017
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Uppsala University
Sara Engström
This thesis elaborates on a complex, multilayered gender perspective of mineral exports in the conflict of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The focus…
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
2014
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Journal of Development Economics
Daniel Ayalew Ali, Klaus Deininger, and Markus Goldstein
We evaluate the short-term impact of a pilot land regularization program in Rwanda using a geographic discontinuity design with spatial fixed effects. Three key findings…
Incidence and Impact of Land Conflict in Uganda
2004
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World Bank Group
Klaus Deininger and Raffaella Castagnini
While there is a large, though inconclusive, literature on the impact of land titles in Africa, little attention has been devoted to the study of…
Artisanal Mining, Conflict, and Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC
2016
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The Extractive Industries and Society
Siri Aas Rustad, Gudrun Østby, and Ragnhild Nordås
The natural resource abundance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has featured in policy debates as the prime example of ‘conflict minerals’ driving…
Does Artisanal Mining Increase the Risk of Sexual Violence? Micro-Level Evidence from Eastern Congo
2016
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Quality in Primary Care
Siri Aas Rustad, Gudrun Østby, and Ragnhild Nordås Quality in Primary Care 1-Jan-16
DR Congo’s natural resource abundance has featured in policy debates and amongst advocacy groups as the prime example of ‘conflict minerals’ driving conflict-related sexual violence.…
"We Have No Voice for That": Land Rights, Power, and Gender in Rural Sierra Leone
2015
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Journal of Human Rights
Gearoid Millar
Much attention has recently focused on the lease of land throughout the global south to nations and corporations in the global north. It is argued…
Gender, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding in Kenya and Nepal
2015
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Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
Henri Myrttinen, Jana Naujoks, and Janpeter Schilling
For approximately the past two decades, a large and growing body of both acamedic and grey literature from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or international agencies has…
Land Tenure in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward
2015
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UN-Habitat
David Mitchell, Danilo Antonio, Teo CheeHai, Lowie Rosales-Kawasaki, and Donovan Storey
This Publication presents the readings of a review of land tenure security issues in fifteen (15) selected countries across Asia and the Paci c region.…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Roles, Opportunities and Risks for Women Working at Artisanal Mines in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014
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Elsevier Ltd.
Jocelyn T.D. Kelly, Alexandria King-Close, and Rachel Perks
Two dominant narratives have characterized the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): (1) the horrific abuse of women through sexual violence and…
Decision-Making and Joint Control Rights over Land in Rwanda
2016
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International Alert
Sarah Mwendwa Mechta, Ilaria Buscagli, Denis Bikesha, and Jesse Routte
This report explores and analyses community perceptions of the obstacles facing women’s participation in decision-making about jointly held land. It also examines the factors that…
“Coffee Has Given Us Voice”: Coffee Cooperatives and Women Empowerment in Rwanda’s Rural Areas
2015
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University of Rwanda, University of Liege, and Independent University of Kigali
Gisaro M. Ya-Bititi, Philippe Lebailly, and Déo Mbonyinkebe
In many developing countries in general and particularly in Rwanda’s rural areas, women are the poorest and most vulnerable group. This category of Rwanda’s population…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Gender, Conflict, and Artisanal Mining Communities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016
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World Bank
Recent studies in the DRC tend to focus on human rights abuses or on the status of women, however few investigations examine the link between…
Building Sustainable Peace and Prosperity through Women's Land Tenure Security: A Zambian Case Study
2013
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Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security
Roslyn Warren
Land security continues to be an understudied issue, despite the fact that conflicts over land have been part of human history since ancient times. Particularly…
Men and Women as Conservation Partners in Conflict Settings
2015
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Routledge
Brittany Ajroud, Kame Westerman, and Janet Edmond
From the forests of Central and Western Africa to the river systems of the Amazon Basin, many of the world’s most critical ecosystems are located…
Mineral Wealth and Rural Livelihoods in Sierra Leone: Where Does Artisanal Mining Fit In? [Video]
2014
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University of Bath
Roy Maconachie
Dr. Roy Maconachie from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath investigates the role of artisanal mining in post-war Sierra…
Gender and Climate Change-Induced Conflict in Pastoral Communities: Case Study of Turkana in North-western Kenya
2010
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African Journal on Conflict Resolution
Nancy A. Omolo
Climate change-induced conflict is a major global threat to human security and the environment. It has been projected that there is going to be an…
Youth Livelihoods, Activism and Extractive Industry in Sierra Leone
2013
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University of Bath, British Academy
Roy Maconachie
Over the past decade, neoliberal reforms, soaring commodity prices and heightened global resource demands have led to significant growth in extractive industry investment in sub-Saharan…
Building Peace around Water, Land and Food: Policy and Practice for Preventing Conflict
2013
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Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva
Ellie Roberts and Lynn Finnegan
This paper looks at the need to take a conflict prevention approach to natural resource management, outlining relevant international law and considering useful examples of…
Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
2014
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World Development
Sarah Adelmana &Amber Peterman
Evidence shows even low levels of land conflict may undermine land governance and management, constrain agricultural productivity, and serve to perpetuate civil violence. This study…
After War, Launching Liberia’s Future
2014
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USAID
LAUNCH is working to empower tens of thousands of Liberia’s most vulnerable to lift themselves out of poverty. A USAID Food for Peace program, LAUNCH,…
Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment
2011
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The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB)
The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), acting as a consortium, have launched…