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Women’s Land Rights and Empowerment: Impact of the Land Tenure Regularization Reform (LTR) on Contraceptive Use and Domestic Violence in Rwanda
Library
The Rwandan Land Tenure Regularization reform (LTR) was implemented in 2007 to clarify land ownership in the country especially for women. Specifically, the reform enabled…
Gender, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding in Kenya and Nepal
Briefs & Development
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
Library
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.…
Women and Climate Change: Impact and Agency in Human Rights, Security, and Economic Development
Library
This report comes at an important time of international observance when new commitments to action will be made, coinciding not only with the fifteenth anniversaries…
Women's Land Rights and Africa's Development Conundrum- Which Way Forward?
Blog
How can African countries use land policies to ensure agricultural development and inclusive growth? Particularly in countries which are dominated by patriarchal land ownership systems?…
Alina Saba of Nepal and Agnes Kinaka of Papua New Guinea Reflect on Their Participation in the UN Climate Summit
Blog
In addition to the 120 Heads of State who attended the UN Climate Summit in September, 38 civil society representatives were selected by their peers…
World: Official Urges Greater Action To Combat Sexual Violence
International
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura has said in spite of unprecedented political momentum to fight rape in war zones.
It says…
China/Japan: Pacific Rim Deal Could Reduce Chance of Unintended Conflict in Contested Seas
International
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A naval code of conduct approved by more than 20 nations around the Pacific, including China, Japan and the United States, could…
Gender, Smallholder Livestock Production, Improvement and Conservation in Africa
Library
Policy makers, developmental agents and researchers are now aware of the need to incorporate gender issues in smallholder livestock production planning and development in order…
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Briefs & Development
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…
Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
Country Assessments
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…
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
Briefs & Development
This report focuses on the relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and discusses how the management of natural resources can be used…
Mujeres y Recursos Naturales: Liberando el Potencial Para la Consolidacion de la Paz
Library
Las diversas experiencias de las mujeres en tiempos de conflicto tienen poderosas implicaciones para la consolidación de la paz. Su capacidad para recuperarse del conflicto…
Building Sustainable Peace and Prosperity through Women's Land Tenure Security: A Zambian Case Study
Library
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…
Building Peace around Water, Land and Food: Policy and Practice for Preventing Conflict
Library
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…
Toolkit and Guidance for Preventing and Managing Land and Natural Resources Conflict
Briefs & Development
Geneva/Nairobi, 8 October - A new set of manuals to improve natural resource management in order to reduce the risk of conflict has been launched…
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…
South Sudan Food Security and Land Governance Factsheet
Briefs & Development
Food security depends of secure access to land and water (rainfed or irrigated). In South Sudan most farmers rely on customary tenure systems, but which…
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…
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…
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…