This policy paper provides a critical examination of international commitments on women's land rights, evaluating progress and persistent challenges. It scrutinizes commitments made through the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Generation Equality Forum (GEF) Action Coalitions, revealing a substantial disconnect between ambitions and implementation.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2023Global
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2022Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Selon une nouvelle étude d’Oxfam, les besoins de financement des appels humanitaires de l’ONU liés aux événements climatiques extrêmes sont huit fois plus élevés aujourd’hui qu’il y a 20 ans ! Et à chaque catastrophe climatique, dans les pays riches comme dans les pays pauvres, ce sont les personnes les plus pauvres qui sont le plus durement touchées.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2016Global
Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining land remains unprotected and vulnerable to land grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations. There is growing evidence of the vital role played by full legal ownership of land by indigenous peoples and local communities in preserving cultural diversity and in combating poverty and hunger, political instability and climate change.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2003Sub-Saharan Africa
Land reform in Southern Africa is currently at an impasse. This paper analyses the constraints to sustainable land reform and identifies ways and means of moving things forward. In addition, appendices to the document include country by country reviews of the status of land reform in each country, and a matrix providing an overview of current land issues in the region.The document finds that whilst some progress has been achieved with tenure reform in Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique, many challenges remain across the region, particularly for Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2006Africa
The triple threat is of HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, and weakening capacity for service delivery in Southern Africa. The Mozambique paper focuses on livelihood security in Manica Province, space for social protection, using political capital to facilitate development, the Mozambique Land Law – an opportunity for sustainable livelihoods, supporting livelihoods – new approaches, treatment – the backbone of addressing AIDS, credit savings, and economic empowerment of women.
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Lo que nos dice el último censo agropecuario sobre la distribución de tierra en Colombia
Reports & ResearchMay, 2017ColombiaLuego de 45 años, en Colombia se realizó un nuevo Censo Agropecuario en 2014, cuyos resultados fueron publicados en varias entregas parciales. A finales de 2016, el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) entregó los microdatos completos del censo.
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What the latest agricultural census reveals about land distribution in Colombia
Reports & ResearchMay, 2017ColombiaThis report first reviews how inequality in land distribution has reached extreme levels in Colombia. Then it analyzes the problem of concentration of land from different perspectives and indicators based on the agricultural census data from 2016, focusing on the major differences between the extremes.
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