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La fabrique de la coutume au Maroc : le droit des femmes aux terres collectives

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Morocco
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
communal territory
customary land rights
women
Cet article situe les débats actuels autour de l’accès genré aux terres collectives au Maroc par rapport à une discussion plus large sur l’héritage colonial et la fabrique du droit coutumier. La construction coloniale de la ‘collectivité ethnique’ et l’institutionnalisation du ‘droit coutumier’ ont préservé la coutume comme catégorie juridique mais elles ont rigidifié son application en l’inscrivant dans le cadre plus général du droit positif.
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Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women’s Economic Empowerment

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Tanzania, Global
Land & Gender
land documentation
land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
women
This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.
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La foresterie communautaire

Opportunité ou chimère pour les femmes du Bassin du Congo ?

Reports & Research
February, 2019
Middle Africa
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
community forestry
community land rights
women

Cette note thématique rédigée à l’initiative de Fern, a été élaborée dans le cadre de l’initiative CoNGOs (Collaboration d’ONG en faveur de moyens de subsistance durables et équitables dans les forêts du bassin du Congo) qui plaide pour une « foresterie communautaire »1 à travers laquelle les communautés ont le droit de gérer les ressources forestières dont elles dépendent, en vue d’améliorer leurs conditions de vie et en particulier celles des femmes.
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Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women's Economic Empowerment

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land documentation
land rights
land tenure
customary land rights
women
This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.
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Women in the Gambia

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2019
Gambia
Land & Gender
gender equity
farming systems
mining
natural resources
women
A predominantly rural territory with few urban centers historically, the Gambia holds little in the way of well-known luxury resources commonly discussed in studies of western Africa. People of the region, in particular women, have exploited both riverine and oceanic food and material resources. The limited scholarship available on Gambian women reveals they have been essential to those endeavors contributing to economy, politics, society, and family institutions.
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Assurer la Participation des Femmes dans la Foresterie Communautaire

Exemple de la Forêt Communautaire Djoko

Reports & Research
June, 2022
Cameroon
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
community forestry
communal territory
natural resources management
women
Les forêts communautaires ont été invoquées pour la première fois lors de la réforme de la loi de 1994 sur les forêts au Cameroun.
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Planning For Inclusive Greater Banjul

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Gambia
Land & Gender
Urban Tenure
COVID-19
gender equity
urban planning
urbanization
women
The Gambia has one of the fastest urbanization rates in sub-Saharan Africa, with more than two-thirds of the country’s population currently living in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA).

To address the environmental and socioeconomic challenges that arise from this situation, UNOPS is supporting The Gambia’s government to develop a strategic urban plan, through the Greater Banjul 2040 project. The initiative, will drive urban development and improve services while promoting climate resilience, economic growth and social inclusion.
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Strategy to effectively engage women and vulnerable groups during SLLC

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Investments
women
land
tenure security
This study assesses the engagement of women and vulnerable groups (VGs) during the second level land certification (SLLC) process and how best to involve women and VGs to ensure their involvement and tenure security..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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Strategy for preventing and mitigating land certification-related violence against women and vulnerable groups

Reports & Research
September, 2017
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land
women
women
This study examines how second level land certification (SLLC) is sensitive to the needs of women and vulnerable groups to gain an understanding of the positive and negative consequences of SLLC. It outlines how to mitigate land certification-related violence towards women and vulnerable groups..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.
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Challenges women and vulnerable groups face to secure their land use rights: LIFT programme response

Reports & Research
April, 2018
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
women
land rights
government
This paper highlights the challenges faced by women and other vulnerable groups in securing their land rights as identified by LIFTâ€™s different studies and anecdotal evidence from other projects and government undertakings..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...