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'Balance For Better' Does Little to Address Issues Facing Women
Blog
International Women’s Day had radical roots: at the turn of the 20th century, thousands of women came together to protest dismal working conditions, long hours, and…
Women Are 'on the Front Lines' of Defending Land
Blog
When gold miners operating illegally near her farm in southern Colombia fouled the stream where she watered her cows, Mary Alis Ramírez tried to have…
Land Is Power: How Land Rights Can Enfranchise Liberia's Women
Blog
Liberia is in the throes of finalising one of Africa’s most progressive land rights laws but its potential will be thwarted if women are excluded.
Climate Change: Empowering Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change
International
While the scene is age-old, the number of women farmers—and those performing traditionally male roles—has grown out of the impacts of climate change and environmental…
Women Underrepresented in Formal Peace Process, Study Finds
International
YANGON—More than 670 women are contributing to peace building in Myanmar, representing nearly 400 organizations, but only about one quarter of them serve as delegates…
Afghanistan: Improving Livelihoods of Afghan Women through Credit Shura
International
One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In addition, many women…
Myanmar: Naga Women in Myanmar Dream of Inheriting Land
International
In November 2014, the Conference of Naga Nationals adopted a resolution that committed the indigenous Naga people in Myanmar to the Convention on the Elimination…
Myanmar: Mandalay Starts to Streamline Land Records
International
The Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) has begun streamlining land records such as maps, surveys and title deeds, to be in line with rules and…
Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks
International
El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…
Iraq: Iraq State Company Denies Shiite Militia Smuggling Mosul Oil
International
Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) denied on Sunday that Shiite militia groups were smuggling oil from Nineveh to Syria and Iran, saying that the company…
Brazil: Brazil's First Indigenous Congresswoman Defends Her People's Rights From Bolsonaro
International
When indigenous leader Joênia Wapichana first came across Jair Bolsonaro, she was appalled. The year was 2008, and there was a heated debate about the demarcation…
Climate Change: Lake Chad Water Crisis, Climate Change Take Centre Stage at Hague Conference
International
World leaders have converged on The Hague, Netherlands to call on countries to take urgent actions toward reducing the impact of climate change to water,…
Can Improving Women's Representation in Environmental Governance Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Blog
The Paris Agreement’s clause to include more women in the environmental decision-making process set a historical precedent. The preamble urges parties to acknowledge that climate…
APWLD Member Zoom-in: Alma Sinumlag
Blog
The cold bites in New York. That’s what Alma Sinumlag felt when she visited the Big Apple for the first time ever in 2018. Having…
Empowering Sudan’s women and promoting peace through equitable use of natural resources
International
Many parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions are low-rainfall and drought-prone agro-pastoral areas. The resulting water scarcity and poor vegetation fosters low agricultural productivity…
Strengthening Women's Voices in Land Decisions: What Works?
Blog
Since the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a land rush driven by factors such as rising commercial agriculture, mineral extraction and large infrastructure projects.…
Gender Inequality and Land Rights : The Situation of Indigenous Women in Cameroon
Briefs & Development
Land is an essential resource that serves as a means of subsistence for millions of people in the world and indigenous communities and women in…
Relational Agriculture: Gender, Sexuality, and Sustainability in U.S. Farming
Briefs & Development
Although 97% of U.S. farms are “family-owned,” little research examines how gender and sexual relationships – inherent in familial dynamics – influence farmers’ practices and…
Lessons Learned from the Peace Centers for Climate and Social Resilience
Briefs & Development
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…
No Tribe In Crime: Changing Pastoralism and Conflict in Nigeria’s Middle Belt - Research and Policy Brief
Briefs & Development
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…
Grey Literature on Gender Equality, Agriculture, and Rural Development
Briefs & Development
Agriculture is one of the oldest and most widespread activities in the world. However, differences between women and men, be it in employment, pay or…
From Abandonment to Autonomy: Gendered Strategies for Coping with Climate Change, Isiolo County, Kenya
Briefs & Development
Access to resources, both material and social, are central elements in responding to social and environmental transition, and adapting to change, yet the ways in…
Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal
Briefs & Development
Gender integration across national policy processes is critical to ensure effective implementation of climate change adaptation interventions in agriculture. This is especially so for countries…
Gender in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Policies: Insights from East Africa
Library
Gender mainstreaming was acknowledged as an indispensable strategy for achieving gender equality at the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Since then, governments have made substantial…
Women's Tenure Rights and Land Reform in Angola
Briefs & Development
Current Angolan municipalisation reforms present a unique opportunity to affect local practice on how community and individual land-holder tenure is administered and to protect women's…
Achieving Food Security in the Face of Inequity, Climate Change, and Conflict (chapter in "The Difficult Task of Peace")
Briefs & Development
Achieving sustainable agriculture and food security for all is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. The United Nations 2018 State of the…
Good Practices for Integrating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Climate-Smart Agriculture Programmes
Library
This guidance entitled Integrating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in CSA Programs focuses on a set of agricultural practices to be implemented by small-scale food…
Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Livelihood Vulnerability in Rainfed Regions of India: A Gender-environment Perspective
Briefs & Development
This study has attempted to investigate the nature and magnitude of livelihood vulnerability in the Bundelkhand region, India. A multistage sampling technique has been used…
Reparing Fractured Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities for Resolving Disputes over Land, Housing, Water and Other Natural Resources in Yemen
Briefs & Development
Challenges and opportunities for resolving disputes over land, housing, water and other natural resources in Yemen.April 2019 | Unresolved disputes over housing, land, and natural…
Land Tenure as a Cause of Tensions and Driver of Conflict among Mining Communities in Karamoja, Uganda
Briefs & Development
This paper offers insight on the missed narrative of land and resource conflict beneath the reality of gemstones and ores in the inchoate industry of…