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  1. Library Resource
    Woman stanfing in a farm
    Reports & Research
    May, 2022
    Tanzania, Global

    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.

  2. Library Resource
    Woman in the farm
    Reports & Research
    May, 2022
    Tanzania

    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.

  3. Library Resource
    Landesa 2022 Annual Report

    A Collaborative Approach to Change

    Reports & Research
    January, 2023
    Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global

    Land rights are ascendant across the development sector. Movements addressing women’s empowerment, poverty, social justice, food security and climate change are all increasingly turning to land rights to strengthen their cause. In 2022, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie Scott joined these efforts by making an unprecedented $20 million investment in our work. Ms. Scott’s generous gift represents a profound endorsement of the power of land rights to improve the lives of women, men, and communities around the world.

  4. Library Resource
    Habitat III National Report Tanzania
    Reports & Research
    July, 2016
    Tanzania

    Tanzania implemented extensive policy, legislative and structural reforms taken
    and taken several other measures to fulfil her commitments to the Habitat II
    Agenda. Yet achieving the objectives of "shelter for all" and "sustainable human
    settlements in an urbanizing world" has remained elusive, due to financial and
    human resource limitations of the urban authorities and rapid urbanization. Lack
    of access to affordable housing, finance, land and services has resulted in most of

  5. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2021
    Tanzania

    Land has played a critical role in the development of the United Republic of Tanzania, with the roots of land tenure frameworks, issues and conflicts dating back hundreds of years Current land laws in the country are seen as progressive policies and legislation recognize the equal rights to land of men and women, including unregistered rights under customary laws, and any transfer of rights requires the consent of local people In practice, however, land tenure rights are disputed among village, district and national administrative authorities, and conflicts over land are common, widespread

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2021
    Tanzania

    African pastoralists are undergoing significant changes in livelihood strategies, from predominantly mobile pastoralism to agro-pastoralism in which both livestock raising and cultivation of crops are practiced, to agro-pastoralism combined with wage labor and petty trade. These changes often result in fixed settlements or a process known as sedentarization.

  7. Library Resource
    Aggregated from the Journal of Peasant Studies
    July, 2019
    Tanzania

    This article explores relationships between state, corporate capital and local stakeholders in the political economy of sugarcane from a gender perspective. The findings, based on empirical research at the site of Tanzania’s largest sugarcane producer pre- and post-privatisation, provide insights into the degree to which the estate-outgrower model can be regarded as ‘inclusive’ for women and men. Three aspects of commercial sugarcane production are analysed: land tenure, labour and leadership within canegrowers’ associations.

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2022
    Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa

    Key Messages and Recommendations

    • Combating desertification and land degradation while mitigating the effects of drought can secure long-term socio-economic benefits for people living in drylands and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.

    • Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is an approach that counterbalances the expected loss of productive land with the recovery of degraded areas.

    • Land tenure insecurity, especially for women, often prevents farmers from adopting sustainable land management practices

  9. Library Resource
    Webinar Swahili
    Reports & Research
    January, 2022
    Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, Global

    Kwa zaidi ya miaka mitano, Mradi wa Usalama wa Umiliki wa Ardhi kwa Wanawake (WOLTS) umekuwa ukichunguza uhusiano wa kijinsia na ardhi katika jamii za wafugaji zilizoathiriwa na uchimbaji wa madini Mongolia na Tanzania. Lengo limekuwa ni kutengeneza mbinu ya ushiriki wa jamii kwa muda mrefu na kujenga uwezo wa kulinda na kusaidia haki za ardhi za watu wote walio katika mazingira magumu  na hivyo kuelekeza nguvu katika usawa wa kijinsia, usimamizi na umiliki wa ardhi kwa mfumo ambao utarahisisha maboresho katika haki za ardhi kwa jamii yote.

  10. Library Resource
    Орон нутгийн иргэд, Эмэгтэйчүүдийн газрын эрх: Орон нутгийн манлайлагч нарыг чадавхижуулах нь
    Reports & Research
    January, 2022
    Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mongolia, Global

    Эмэгтэйчүүдийн Газар Эдэлбэрийн Эрхийн Баталгаат Байдал төсөл нь (ЭГЭЭББ) сүүлийн таван жилийн хугацаанд Монгол, Танзани улсуудад уул уурхайн нөлөөнд өртсөн нүүдэлч малчин иргэдийн  жендер болон газрын харилцааны хамаарлыг  судаллаа.  Тус ажлын үндсэн зорилго нь орон нутгийн иргэдтэй  урт хугацаанд хамтран ажиллаж, тэдний чадавхийг хөгжүүлснээр эмзэг бүлгийнхний газрын эрхийг хамгаалах явдал юм.  Ингэснээр нутгийн иргэдийн газрын эрхийг хамгаалахад дэмжлэг үзүүлж, газар эдэлбэрийн засаглалд хүйсийн тэгш байдлыг нэвтрүүлэх юм.

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