Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: International Approaches to Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Library
Based on a review of existing literature, this article provides an initial analysis of obstacles to addressing impunity for widespread conflict-related sexual violence. First, a…
Gender and Post-Conflict Governance: Understanding the Challenges
Library
Around the world, as countries undertake transitions towards peace, good governance and democracy, women have asserted their demands for participation, representation, accountability and political freedom.
As universal…
Water Source Conflict in Nepal: A Right to Water Perspective
Briefs & Development
The importance of the rights to water and sanitation in ensuring people’s wellbeing
and dignity is increasingly acknowledged globally. These rights are included in the
constitution under…
Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
Briefs & Development
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…
Peace, Conflict, and Development in Africa: A Reader
Briefs & Development
The Africa Programme of the UN–affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE) is pleased to present Peace, Conflict, and Development in Africa: A Reader, another step in…
Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment
Country Assessments
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…
Environmental Conflicts and Women’s Vulnerability in Africa
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This article examines environmental conflicts and women’s vulnerability in Africa. Environmental resources are critical to poor women’s productive and reproductive lives in Africa. Environmental resources…
Gender and Climate Change-Induced Conflict in Pastoral Communities: Case Study of Turkana in North-western Kenya
Briefs & Development
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…
Maoist Conflict, Community Forestry and Livelihoods: Pro-poor Innovations in Forest Management in Nepal
Briefs & Development
Violent conflicts are quite often perceived as a destructive and negative phenomenon, and there is little understanding of how they also offer opportunities for a positive change…
Land Politics and Conflict in Nepal: Realities and Potentials for Agrarian Transformation
Briefs & Development
Land has not only been one of the most contentious topics in the
political economy of Nepal over the last fifty years, but it has also
become…
Fiji: Indigenous Women Defend Community and Environment
Blog
In September of 2005, women from rural and urban areas throughout the Macuata Province, Fiji, met to create a strategic, ten-year sustainable development plan. The…
Afghanistan: Findings on Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Livelihood and Water and Sanitation
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The Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI) (Lead agency), Copenhagen Development Consultants (Copenhagen DC) and the German Association of Development Consultants (AGEG) undertook during 2005 a multi-donor evaluation of…
Incidence and Impact of Land Conflict in Uganda
Briefs & Development
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…
Gender and Natural Resource Conflict Management in Nioro du Sahel, Mali
Briefs & Development
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…
Day 9: Feminism and Food Sovereignty
Blog
Food sovereignty offers opportunities to advance women’s rights within the food system, but we must also work to restore gender relations within rural families and…