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Women’s Access to Land in Mauritania. A Case Study in Preparation for the COP

Reports & Research
September, 2015
Mauritania
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
sustainable development
food security
land policies
climate change
natural resources management
land rights
land access
community land rights
tenure security
women
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Zero draft of the Ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2021 session of the Economic and Social Council

Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
COVID-19
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
sustainable development
hunger
climate change
natural resources
conflicts
land rights
The High-level Political Forum is the United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.
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Draft: UN General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
food security
land degradation
conflicts
water
land rights
land access
land tenure
water rights
women
CESCR calls for written contributions to the draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is developing a general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The purpose of this general comment is to clarify the specific obligations of States parties relating to land and the governance of tenure of land under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition?

Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh

Reports & Research
June, 2012
Bangladesh
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
food security
gender equity in access to land
research
rural development
sustainable development
women
We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between women’s status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decisionmaking power, and attitudes toward verbal and physical abuse. We also examine the role of variables reflecting maternal education and height, in relation to child nutrition. All models control for age and sex of the child, household wealth, and region.
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Do discriminatory social institutions matter for food security?

Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
capacity development
food security
gender equity in access to land
rural areas
rural development
women
In view of the 2012 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s thematic focus on rural women’s empowerment, the gender team at the Development Centre has launched an issues paper, “Do discriminatory social institutions matter for food security?”.
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Constitution of Finland.

Constitution
June, 1999
Finland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Europe, Northern Europe
food security
customary law
sustainable development
land governance
land tenure
environment
fisheries
property rights
gender equity in access to land
farmland
land rights