Women’s Housing and Land Rights and Covid-19 | Land Portal
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Neil Sorensen, neil.sorensen@landportal.org
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Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that the world’s poorest families have secure rights over the land they till. Founded as the Rural Development Institute, Landesa has helped more than 105 million poor families gain legal control over their land since 1967. When families have secure rights to land, they can invest in their land to sustainably increase their harvests and reap the benefits—improved nutrition, health, and education—for generations.

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LANDac, the Netherlands Academie on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development, is a partnership between Dutch organizations working on land governance. The partners are the International Development Studies (IDS) group at Utrecht University (leading partner), African Studies Centre, Agriterra, the Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) group at Wageningen University, the Land Portal Foundation, HIVOS, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Enclude Solutions.

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been leading the Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Area of Responsibility (AoR) since 2016.  Globally, the membership of the HLP AoR includes UN agencies, NGOs, research and academic institutions, donors, human rights and development agencies, and representatives of other AoRs and global clusters.

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). The 1st webinar in the series on Women’s Housing and Land Rights and Covid-19 will take place on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020.

 

Rural women make up a quarter of the world’s population, but many face legal and social barriers that limit their ability to access, use and benefit from the land they tend and depend on for their livelihoods.  While women play an indispensable role in the rural economy, feeding families, conserving resources and contributing to community well-being, fewer than 15 percent of rural women have secure land rights, which impedes agricultural productivity and poverty alleviation and leaves women less empowered, economically and socially. Securing these rights is crucial to achieving a more equitable and sustainable world.

From large land acquisitions that displace communities without due compensation, to the encroachment of mining on indigenous lands, to the brunt of climate change and natural disasters, to everyday land and property deprivation by kin or state, women are typically more harshly impacted by land tenure insecurity due to discriminatory laws and lingering social bias. The covid-19 virus threatens to exacerbate a highly unequal situation.

This webinar will focus on women's land rights and the implications of covid-19 on vulnerable communities and groups who may face additional burdens as a result of the virus. In many countries, women are hesitant to participate in activities and to make claims related to women’s land rights. There is a fear that a consequence of the virus will be that women will be even less likely to make claims (especially related to inheritance) or register their land rights.

This webinar will explore a range of issues, including women's engagement and the degree to which women will be subject to familial land grabbing as a result of the local virus. It will also look at land governance and administration with respect to women's land rights. Additionally, it will consider concrete policy and program options that address the rising levels of gender-based violence - especially in light of restrictions obligating people to stay at home, thereby exposing vulnerable women to more violence.

 

Facilitator

 

Karol Boudreaux, Chief Programs Officer, Landesa
Karol Boudreaux
Chief Programs Officer
Landesa

 

 

 

Panelists

 

Ellen O. Pratt, Commissioner, Liberia Land Authority
Ellen O. Pratt
Commissioner
Liberia Land Authority

 

Patricia Chaves, Espaco Feminista, Brazil
Patricia Chaves
Director
Espaco Feminista, Brazil
   

 

 
 

Nana Ama Yirrah, Executive Director, COLANDEF, Ghana
Nana Ama Yirrah
Executive Director
COLANDEF, Ghana 

 

Victoria Stanley, World Bank
Victoria Stanley
Senior Land Specialist
World Bank
   

 

 
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News
26 May 2020

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Cadasta Foundation, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America, PlaceFund and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). 

Event
27 May 2020
Global
Organizers: 
Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
Environmental Peacebuilding
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
Land Portal Foundation
New America
LANDac

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). 

Event
Migration, Displacement, and De-urbanization in the Context of COVID-19
28 May 2020
Global
Organizers: 
New America
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Environmental Peacebuilding
Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
LANDac

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). 

Debate
2020/06/03
Closed
Facilitators: 
Mr. Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque
Yuliya Panfil
Ms. Karol Boudreaux
Mr. Neil Sorensen
Miss Chantal Wieckardt
Partners: 
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
New America
Environmental Peacebuilding
LANDac
Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
Cadasta Foundation
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Land, Housing, and COVID-19

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