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Lessons Learned from the Peace Centers for Climate and Social Resilience
2019
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Chemonics International
Jeffrey Stark, Katsuaki Terasawa, and Chalachew N. Agonafir
This report provides an assessment of lessons learned from a pilot project in Borana Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia, that tests that proposition. Since…
Reducing Gender Inequalities Through Land Titling? The Case of Gozamin Woreda
2021
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World Development
Ayelech Kidie Mengeshaab Doris Damyanovicc, Reinfried Mansbergera, Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehub, and Gernot Stoeglehnerd
Globally, land has significant socio-economic value since it is a major source of livelihood (Andrews, 2018, Po and Hickey, 2018). In many developing countries like Ethiopia,…
Gender and the Environment: Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs
2021
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OECD
Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards…
Women, Land and Justice in Tanzania
2021
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Boydell & Brewer
Helen Dancer
On the fertile lower slopes of Tanzania's second highest mountain, bounded by narrow mud pathways and bougainvillea hedgerows, there is a shamba. Over the years, banana trees,…
Seasonal Participation in Maize Markets in Zambia: Do Agricultural Input Subsidies and Gender Matter?
2021
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Food Security
Franklin Simtowe and Hugo De Groote
This paper uses data from 1128 households drawn from 35 districts, three agroecological zones and five provinces in Zambia to explore the influence of gender…
How Many and Which Women Own Land in India? Inter-Gender and Intra-Gender Gaps
2020
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Journal of Development Studies
Bina Agarwal, Pervesh Anthwal, and Malvika Mahesh
Measuring gender inequality in land ownership is essential for assessing progress in women’s economic empowerment, tracing the impact of progressive laws on actual practice, and…
What Does Gender Yield Gap Tell Us about Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries?
2021
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Sustainability
Eileen B. Nchanji, Odhiambo A. Collins ,Enid Katungi, Agness Nduguru, Catherine Kabungo, Esther M. Njuguna, and Chris O. Ojiewo
This study examines the extent of the productivity gap between male and female bean producers, its discriminatory nature and implications for the policymakers in agriculture…
Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Facing Gender-Based Violence in Defense of Land, Natural Resources and Human Rights
2021
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Natural resources and ecosystem services directly support millions of people’s livelihoods, providing food and water, being part of cultural and communal identities and supporting rights…
Ordinary Geographies: Care, Violence, and Agrarian Extractivism in “Post‐Conflict” Colombia
2020
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Antipose
Eloísa Berman Arévalo and Diana Ojeda
In Colombia’s agrarian spaces, war and extractivism are deeply entangled. Almost four years after the peace accords signed between the national government and the FARC…
The Mediation Effect of Rural Women Empowerment Between Social Factors and Environment Conservation (Combination of Empowerment and Ecofeminist Theories)
2021
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Environment, Development and Sustainability
Mehdi Ghasemi, Mohammad Badsar, Leila Falahati, and Esmail Karamidehkordi
Women in developing countries are a key element of development, especially in terms of environmental conservation. Environmental issues have deep social concepts and are changing…
Gouvernance de la Terre au Sahel: Comment Catalyser la Sécurité et la Résilience Climatique par la Restauration des Terres?
2020
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Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Initiatives of Change, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and EverGreening
Luc Gnacadja, Bouaré Bintou Founé Samaké, Ousmane Traoré, Oumar Sylla, Salima Mahamoudou, and Abasse Tougiani
Ce webinaire interactif montra dans toutes ses dimensions les liens qui unissent une bonne gestion des terres et la sécurité des populations sahéliennes ainsi que…
Governance of Land in the Sahel: Catalysing Human Security and Building Climate Resilience through Land Restoration
2020
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Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Initiatives of Change, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and EverGreening
Luc Gnacadja, Bouaré Bintou Founé Samaké, Ousmane Traoré, Oumar Sylla, Salima Mahamoudou, and Abasse Tougiani
The purpose of the webinar was to explore the multi-dimensional links which unite good land management and the security of Sahelian populations, and to discuss…
Governance of Land in the Sahel: Catalysing Human Security and Building Climate Resilience through Land Restoration [Video]
2020
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Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Initiatives of Change, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and EverGreening
Luc Gnacadja, Bouaré Bintou Founé Samaké, Ousmane Traoré, Oumar Sylla, Salima Mahamoudou, and Abasse Tougiani
The purpose of the webinar was to explore the multi-dimensional links which unite good land management and the security of Sahelian populations, and to discuss…
Women's Housing, Land and Property Rights: A Recipe for Political Instability in Post-Conflict Burundi?
2020
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International Journal of Gender Studies
Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta, Ngo Valery Ngo, and Rosaline Yumumkah Cumber
In post-conflict Burundi, land scarcity, rapid population growth, the heightened commodification of land serve as triggers to conflict and violence and significantly threaten the sustainability…
Gender and Forum Shopping in Land Conflict Resolution in Northern Uganda
2017
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The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
Irene Winnie Anying and Quentin Gausset
Northern Uganda has been plagued by a long and violent civil war that lasted from 1996 to 2006, during which 2.5 million people were internally…
Reinvigorating Resilience: Violence Against Women, Land Rights, and the Women's Peace Movement in Myanmar
2015
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Oxfam GB, Routledge
Hilary Faxon, Roison Furlong, and May Sabe Phyu
In Myanmar, movements for gender justice strive to foster personal and collective security, vibrant livelihoods, and political engagement during a period of rapid and uncertain…
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment 2020 Policy
2020
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USAID
Our vision is of a prosperous and peaceful world in which women, girls, men, and boys enjoy equal economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights…
Land Tenure Security for Women: A Conceptual Framework
2020
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Land Use Policy
Cheryl Doss and Ruth Meinzen-Dick
While strengthening women’s land rights is increasingly on national and international agendas, there is little consensus on how to understand women’s tenure security. Analyses of…
Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
2011
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Nordic Africa Institute
Prosper B. Matondi and Kjell Havnevik and Atakilte Beyene
Land grabbing for growing biofuels and to ensure food security is capturing the imagination of multilateral institutions, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), land activists, academics and…
Improving Governance of Tenure in Policy and Practice: The Case of Myanmar
2021
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Land Use Policy
Louisa J.M. Jansen, Patrick P. Kalas, and Marianna Bicchieri
With increasing pressures on scarce land and natural resources, responsible governance of tenure to protect rights and right holders of these resources becomes pivotal. Especially…
Potential of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Reducing Women Farmers’ Drudgery in High Climatic Risk Areas
2020
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Climate Change
Arun Khatri-Chhetri, Punya Prasad Regmi, Nitya Chanana, and Pramod K. Aggarwal
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has a significant role to play in reducing the gender gap in labor burden for women in agriculture. A targeted approach to…
Vulnerabilities and Inequalities Experienced by Women in the Climate Change Discourse in South Africa’s Rural Communities: Implications for Social Work
2020
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The British Journal of Social Work
Louis Nyahunda, Jabulani Calvin Makhubele, Vincent Mabvurira, and Frans Koketso Matlakala
Women’s vulnerability to climate-induced shocks hinges on a high dependence on climate-sensitive livelihoods and a natural resource base aggravated by the acute inequalities that they…
The United Nations Security Council, the Boe Declaration, and Upolu Luma Vaai’s Umbilical Cord – and Why They Matter for Peacebuilding in the Era of Man-Made Climate Change
2020
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Toda Peace Institute
Volker Boege
The paper commences with a comparison between the two existential threats mankind is confronted with today: nuclear threat and the threat of climate change. In…
Defending the Land has a Woman’s Name
2020
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Peace Brigades International
Anna Hengeveld
Through this report, PBI aims to bring increased visibility to the specific violence and risks that women defenders of land, territory and the environment face,…
Winning the Peace: Peacebuilding and Climate Change in Mali and Somalia
2020
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DanChurchAid, Norwegian Church Aid, and ACTAlliance
Hannah Grene, Sidi Guindo, Amadou Guindo, Abdourahamane Kamagnagou, Abdullahi Rashi Abdullahi, and Alma Mølset Andersen
In our research in Mali and Somalia, we set out to explore how ordinary people are experiencing the combined effects of climate change and conflict.…
Climate Change and Security: The Handbook
2020
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adelphi
Stella Schaller, Katarina Schulz, and Beatrice Mosello
This manual is a compilation of introductory texts and the most relevant reports in the field of climate change and security. It covers the issue…
Rooting Out Inequalities: Women’s Participation in Forest Management in Conflict-Affected Areas of Karen State in Myanmar
2020
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International Alert
Jana Naujoks, Myat Thandar Ko, Nant Mu Say Khaleim, Saw Eh Htoo, and Saw Eh Wah
Forests are a critical resource for people in Myanmar, in particular for ethnic minorities such as the Karen people. Neglecting forest management in conflict-affected areas…
Gender Matters: Climate Change, Gender Bias, and Women’s Farming in the Global South and North
2020
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Agriculture
Tricia Glazebrook, Samantha Noll, and Emmanuela Opoku
Can investing in women’s agriculture increase productivity? This paper argues that it can. We assess climate and gender bias impacts on women’s production in the…
No Tribe In Crime: Changing Pastoralism and Conflict in Nigeria’s Middle Belt - Research and Policy Brief
2019
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Mercy Corps
Chitra Nagarajan, Ibrahim Hassan, and Phebe Banu
Farmer-pastoralist conflict in Nigeria has attracted increased media attention both locally and internationally, though its main actors, causes, and consequences are often the source of…
Enhancing the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts – The Draft Principles of the International Law Commission and Beyond
2020
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Goettingen Journal of International Law
Britta Sjöstedt and Anne Dienelt
In 2011, the UN International Law Commission (ILC) took up the topic Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts. The decision was triggered…