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Water Source Conflict in Nepal: A Right to Water Perspective
Briefs & Development
The importance of the rights to water and sanitation in ensuring people’s wellbeing
and dignity is increasingly acknowledged globally. These rights are included in the
constitution under…
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…
Women and Natural Resources in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan is a beautiful country with a rich history. Today it faces enormous challenges. Afghanistan’s terrain is mountainous, dry, and subject to extreme droughts and devastating…
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…
Indigenous Peoples, Gender, and Natural Resource Management
Briefs & Development
It is generally assumed that both gender and ethnicity are decisive factors in natural resource management and that changes in access to natural resources have…
Afghanistan: Findings on Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Livelihood and Water and Sanitation
Library
The Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI) (Lead agency), Copenhagen Development Consultants (Copenhagen DC) and the German Association of Development Consultants (AGEG) undertook during 2005 a multi-donor evaluation of…
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…
2022 Women Building Peace Award Finalists
International
The Women Building Peace Award is given each year to a woman peacebuilder who has made a major contribution to preventing conflict, combatting violence and…
Afghanistan: Kabul City: On the Brink of Water Shortage Crisis
International
The alarms and concerns over the water shortage crisis are repeatedly expressed or raised in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul city. Last week, the office of…
Pakistan: Action Against Hunger Is Helping Women in Pakistan Grow Saline Tolerant Crops
International
Action Against Hunger (ACF), an international humanitarian organization, is helping women in Sindh, Pakistan become self-sufficient by teaching them how to grow saline tolerant crops. Climate…
DRC: Developing Clean Energy Potential in the DRC
International
As global energy focus shifts towards renewables, in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is gaining traction as an…
Climate Change is a Women's Issue
Multimedia
The planet is under threat from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to the overexploitation of the earth’s natural resources, unsustainable production and consumption patterns pose a risk…
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…