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Nigeria: Female Farmers Seek an End to Gender Disparities in Ownership of Land Holdings in Agriculture
International
Female farmers in Taraba State have again expressed sadness at the way and manner they are often being relegated to the background in allocating lands…
Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'
International
Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…
Liberia: Land Authority Completes Land Survey, Present Deeds In Nimba County
International
The Liberia Land Authority, through its Corporate Service Session, has completed the survey and presentation of deeds for several tribal certificates of land situated in…
Liberia: Community Based CSOs Received Training In Gender Inclusion In Forest, Land Matters
International
Community Based Organizations and Women Rights Groups in Bomi County have received training in gender inclusion in forest governance and land matters. The training was…
Iraq/Syria: Drought Sparks Fears That Millions in Syria and Iraq Will Go without Water
International
Millions of people in Syria and Iraq face going without water, electricity and food amid rising temperatures, a lack of rainfall and drought, international aid…
Philippines: Sweden and UNDP Launch Partnership to Support Women, Peace and Security
International
The government of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines launched a new partnership to support the integration of the women,…
Afghanistan: This Afghan Entrepreneur Directly Supports Women Who Harvest the World’s Most Precious Spice
International
“I drink a cup of saffron tea every day,” says Tahmina Ghaffer, founder of Moonflowers, an importer of Afghanistan’s “red gold.” “It’s my waking-up ritual.”
Born…
Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions
Event
Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS…
NATO and Climate Change: How Big Is the Problem?
International
The world's most powerful defence alliance agreed on Monday to step up efforts to tackle climate change for the first time.Nato - the North Atlantic…
Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Empowering Women
Event
We are pleased to invite you for our third webinar in the Sustainable Agriculture in Africa series titled: “Empowering Women” on June 8th at 12:00pm (EST).
Over 50%…
Sudan: $23.6 Million to Preserve Biodiversity and Ecotourism in Three Parks
International
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations (UN), and the Sudanese government are mobilising $23.6 million for the preservation of biodiversity in Dinder National…
Liberia: Awareness Campaign on Dissemination of Information on Land Rights Acts Begins across Liberia
International
A nationwide awareness campaign on the dissemination of information on the Land Rights Act (LRA) and the Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) has begun across…
Minerals Council Appoints First Woman President in 131 Years
International
Nolitha Fakude has been appointed as president of the Minerals Council South Africa. This is the first time in the 131 year history of the organisation…
Chile: Chile Indigenous: Time to Make Our Voices Heard
International
Replacing it had been one of the demands made in nationwide protests which swept through the country in 2019. This weekend, Chileans are being asked to…
Kenya: Women and Youth Are Leading Kenya’s Coral Reef Revival
International
Five years ago, 20-year-old Said Abdallah was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction while living on Wasini Island, located in the Indian Ocean, 3 kilometres…
Land, Ladies, and the Law: A Case Study on Women’s Land Rights and Welfare
Event
This seminar will discuss women’s de jure and de facto land rights and its implications for household welfare in nineteenth-century Bangkok. Women constituted a significant…
Indonesia: Feature-Eco-friendly Eid - the Indonesian Women on a Mission to Plant Trees
International
On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with ‘Aisyiyah, Indonesia’s oldest Islamic…
Myanmar: Gender-Based Violence in Myanmar and the Military Coup
International
Myanmar has long struggled as a multicultural society governed primarily through the ethnic Burmese-led military known as the Tatmadaw. The conflict exists since gaining independence…
Liberia: Pres. Weah to Constitute Committee to Probe Nimba Land Dispute
International
President George Manneh Weah has disclosed plan to set up a committee that will be charged with the responsibility to thoroughly investigate the land dispute…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border
International
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…
Liberia: Government Reportedly Indebted to Forest Affected Communities More Than US$3M Land Rental Fees
International
The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued…
Burkina Faso: No Trees, No Crops, No Jobs: Burkina Faso's Women Fall Back on Hard Labour
International
Wiping her sandy fingers on her shirt, Balkissa Sawadogo for a moment rests her aching body from shovelling sand and gravel into piles. Three years ago,…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Mining Sector in Focus: 2018 – 2021
International
In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the…
Liberia: More Than 1.3 Million Hectares Now under Community Ownership & Control
International
Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million…
Regenerative Women on the Land
Event
Grab a cuppa and join us for a restful hour building connections with other women who cohabit the land. This is our second meet up,…
Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties
International
President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Will Sudan-Ethiopia Border Conflict Affect GERD Talks?
International
Border tensions have escalated between Sudan and Ethiopia in the past few days, coupled with Ethiopian threats to Sudan if it does not respond to…
Ethiopia: Pregnant Women Struggle to Find Support, Stability After Displacement From Tigray Region in Ethiopia
International
GONDAR, Ethiopia – “When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted from the comfort of your home and find fragile safety in a…
Sustainability and Gender Equality in Agriculture: How do Voluntary Standards Fit In?
Event
Join us for the International Development Week edition of Be the Change, MCIC's SDGs event series — this time, for a conversation with Cristina Larrea…
Myanmar: Ethnic Groups Demand Input in Myanmar Land Reforms
International
Development organizations and farming groups from ethnic minority areas have called on the government to postpone land reforms, saying they will crush indigenous people’s rights.…