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Land: Misinterpreting Islamic Law Robs Muslim Women of Land: Experts
News
The misinterpretation of Islamic law and a lack of knowledge about inheritance rights are major hurdles in improving women’s access to land in Muslim countries,…
No Guns, No Drugs, No Atrocities, No Rape, No Murder. Just Bananas…
International
Don José Manuel Suarez has seen some things. Father of seven and grandfather of 15, his 80 years have been spent farming a patch of…
Liberia: Liberia Looks to Women for Equal Distribution of Forest Resources
International
An eight-bedroom guesthouse, a five-classroom school and a palaver hut are major achievements of a community forest development committee (CFDC) of a community affected by…
Nile Basin: How Big Land Deals Add Stress to the River Nile
International
One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile, the longest in the world. It flows 11 countries -…
Housing Land and Property in the Far North of Cameroon
Briefs & Development
The ongoing armed conflict in the Lake Chad Basin region has caused mass displacement in northeast Nigeria and the Far North of Cameroon forcing people…
Assessment of Dispute Resolution Structures and HLP Issues in Borno and Adamawa States, North-East Nigeria
Briefs & Development
The armed conflict in the Lake Chad region has caused mass displacement in north-east Nigeria, forcing people to flee the violence and abandon their homes.The…
Resettlement Post Conflict: Risk and Protective Factors and Resilience Among Women in Northern Uganda
Briefs & Development
Approximately 1.8 million people were displaced in northern Uganda as a result of the LRA conflict. This paper explores risk and protective factors as well…
Resettlement Post Conflict: Risk and Protective Factors and Resilience among Women in Northern Uganda
Briefs & Development
Approximately 1.8 million people were displaced in northern Uganda as a result of the LRA conflict. This paper explores risk and protective factors as well…
The Gender Gap in Land Rights
Briefs & Development
For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows…
Women as Environmental Stewards: The Experience of the Small Grants Programme
Library
Women make up half of the world’s population and are fundamental to the achievement of global environmental benefits and the Sustainable Development Goals. As primary…
Contemporary Feminist Analysis of Australian Farm Women in the Context of Climate Changes
Briefs & Development
Climate changes are reshaping agricultural production and food security across the world. One result is that women in both the developed and developing world are…
Vulnerability of Women to Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: The Case of India and South Asia
Briefs & Development
This article is a collation and synthesis of the literature review with the focus on the vulnerability of rural women in developing countries to climate…
Gender and Climate-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean: From Resilience to Peace and Human Security
Briefs & Development
The research presented in the following sections explores the interaction between gender, migration and climate change, as well as the way forward for a proactive…
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique
Library
This working paper finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and Mozambique are not protecting poor, rural women from harmful commercial land…
Climate Change Profile: Yemen
Country Assessments
Yemen faces serious risks from climate change that further threaten the already fragile state of the country1. As climate change and rapid population growth put…
Towards a gender-responsive implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Library
More than one third of the Earth’s land is currently degraded, affecting 2.6 billion people in more than 100 countries. Widespread and unprecedented land degradation,…
Healing the Scars of War: The Women Rebuilding Mozambique's National Park
Library
In the heart of central Mozambique, Gorongosa park was destroyed in the crossfire of the country's civil war. Now women are leading the way in its restoration,…
Country Programming Framework for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2017-2021
Briefs & Development
The Country Programming Framework (CPF) sets out strategic pillars of expertise to guide FAO partnership with and support to the Government of Islamic Republic of…
Reforming Women's Property Rights in Afghanistan
Blog
On paper, the law is clear: men and women enjoy equal property rights under Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution. But on-the-ground reality says otherwise as a combination…
Cambodia: Land Grab Families Given Deadline
International
Nearly 300 families accused of grabbing state land to build huts near a canal in Kandal province have been given three days to dismantle the…
Addressing Women's Burdens from Water Risks Could Help Reduce World Hunger
Blog
For hundreds of millions of women, providing food to feed their families is a daily imperative. Many of them depend solely on the meager yields…
DRC: In DRC, Women Challenge Custom to Assert Legal Right to Inherit Land
International
Traditionally, women in the DRC gained shares in property through marriage, not inheritance – and today, few realize that this custom contradicts the law. In…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Criticism of Afghan Dam Projects Draws Rebuke from Kabul Officials
International
Afghan officials reacted strongly to recent remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani concerning water management and irrigation projects in Afghanistan. Speaking at an international conference…
Global Rights, Local Struggles: Barriers to Women's Participation in Community Land Decision-Making
Blog
Seven women quietly filed in and sat on the rough cement floor of the tiny stone block house. We were in a small, dusty village…
Understanding Gender, Conflict and the Environment
Blog
Last year’s landmark UNEA-2 resolution on conflict and the environment, the most significant of its kind since 1992, was the product of tough negotiations. Fortunately…
Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agriculture Credit Shura to Improve Lives and Livelihoods of Afghan Women Farmers
International
One of the most difficult challenges for women farmers and agriculture-related business owners in Afghanistan is the access to credit for their agriculture operations, and…
Afghanistan: Land-Grabbing Still in Practice in Logar
International
Tens of thousands of acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals and ordinary people in central Logar province, a practice still ongoing, officials…
LDC Women in World Climate Talks: Building a Cohort of Champions
Blog
The upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn will include a workshop on 10-11 May to develop elements of a 'Gender…
Global Warming Is a Matter of Survival for Pacific Islander Women
International
For Viva Tatawaqa and women like her, climate change is not a question of when. According to the activist from Fiji, it's a question of…
Conflict Minerals: State Department Reviewing Conflict Minerals Sourcing
International
The State Department and other federal agencies are looking at efforts to break the link between armed groups and the minerals trade in and around…