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Land Tenure in South Sudan: Does It Promote Climate Change Resilience?
Library
Land was a key driver of the war between Khartoum and Southern Sudan. The Khartoum government had placed the land and its resources under the…
Liberia: First Forest Atlas for Liberia Launched
International
The international resource organization, World Resource Institute and the Forestry Development Authority recently launched the first Forest Atlas for Liberia to promote sustainable forest management…
Land: Rural Women Demand Increased Access to Land Rights
International
Amid the celebration of the UN Women-led 16 Days of Activism, a group representing rural women in Liberia has presented a list of demands for…
Sudan: Sudan Pressures OVL for Higher Tax, Sits on Extension
International
Sudan is playing hardball with India on the issue of extending the licence for an oilfield with a view to extracting additional revenue, even though…
Liberia: Concessions Violate Women’s Rights
International
A research report released in Monrovia over the weekend by Natural Resources Women’s Platform (NRWP), the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), and Green Advocates International…
Colombia: Plan Colombia Casts Shadow on Indigenous Rights as Peace Nears
International
Marginalized Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Colombia have been among the most battered by more than five decades of internal armed conflict between the military,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women to Be Given 'Fair Share' in Property Rights Drive - Land Authority
International
Afghan women should benefit from a project to issue property titles to homeowners in Kabul, where more than two-thirds of the houses have no formal…
Colombia: Legal Threats, Not War, Top Commodity Producers' Concerns in Colombia
International
Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else.…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Take on Farming
International
Agriculture, a central pillar of Afghanistan’s economy, has traditionally been dominated by men. Women are sometimes recruited to work the fields or tend livestock, but…
Enhancing Women's Role in Land Management Decisions
Blog
How can women's rights be strengthened when decisions are being made about large-scale agricultural investments that affect their livelihoods?
A recent IIED webinar examined how women's…
Can Mining Dig Rural Women Out of Poverty in Ghana?
Blog
Walking within the artisanal and small-scale mining population in Tarkwa, one of Ghana's principal mining regions, it dawns on me that the local population has…
The Role of Women in Creating Climate Resilient Communities: Focus on the Philippines
Blog
The Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable populations to the effects of climate change. When the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…
Leveraging Co-benefits between Gender Equality and Climate Action for Sustainable Development: Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Climate Change Projects
Briefs & Development
In September 2015, world leaders from 193 nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations General Assembly. While some have hailed…
Women and Sustainable Development Goals
Library
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the agreed framework for international development. It is…
Making Women's Voices Count in Community Decision-Making on Land Investments
Library
This working paper examines options for strengthening women’s participatory rights in the face of increasing commercial pressures on land in three countries: Mozambique, Tanzania, and…
The Effects of Migration on Livelihoods, Land Management, and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in the Harpan Watershed in Western Nepal
Briefs & Development
Migration is increasing in the middle hills of Nepal, and it has diverse consequences for the people remaining behind, their livelihoods, and the way they…
A Guide to Protection and Promotion of Women’s HLP Rights in the Gaza Strip
Library
To improve the development of best practices for strengthening community-based approaches, Norwegian Refugee Council’s Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) program in Gaza commissioned production…
Decision-Making and Joint Control Rights over Land in Rwanda
Library
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…
Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict
Briefs & Development
This book examines the possibilities and limitations of corporate social responsibility in minimising the violent conflict often associated with natural resource exploitation. Through detailed and…
Gender Equality Is Central to Effective Climate Action
News
As the nations of the world meet in Paris to address climate change, it is critical that women play a central role in these historic…
Farmers of the Future: Why Mentoring Youth and Girls Is Key to Strengthening India's Food Security
News
Researchers predict that in a decade or so, India’s population will surpass that of China. Meanwhile, according to this report, India is also losing 2,000…
Getting to the Root of Gender Equal Land Governance
Blog
While there is international agreement that we need gender equality in land ownership – achieving this in practice is more complex.
Women face a number of…
Amazon Women on the Front Lines: The Waorani
Blog
Meet the Waorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are fighting for traditional life and championing alternatives to threats to their ancestral territory—one of the wildest,…
Liberia: Women Petition Senate to Pass Land Rights Bill
International
A group of women under the banner of the Women NGO Network Tuesday converged on the Capitol Building to petition the Liberian Senate to speedily…
DRC: New Scheme Seeks to Improve Tracking of DRC Minerals
International
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is renowned for its mineral wealth, but much of that wealth is untapped, partly because of fears that mineral…
Does Gender Balance Improve Forestry and Fishery Management?
Blog
Differences in women's and men's access to, control over, and use of local natural resources shapes the way that these resources are managed. Yet women…
Empowered Women = Happy Planet? Gender Equality in a Changing Environment
Blog
Gender and women's empowerment are getting increasing attention in global discussions on climate change, sustainable development and the green economy. The international community is recognising…
Myanmar: Moving the Earth: Women Take On Land Aggressors
International
From the platinum reserves in eastern Shan State to the Shwe gas pipeline in south-western Arakan, much of Burma’s wealth lies in the earth. As…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Welcomes Australia's Return of Spying Documents Seized by Asio
International
The Timor-Leste government has praised a decision by the Australian government to return documents about past spying that were at the centre of raids by…
Women On the Frontlines of Water Insecurity
Blog
Water is essential to life on earth, but we are facing a global crisis. According to a new report released by UNESCO on March 22…