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The Progress of the Chinese Gender Awareness Reflected in the Transition from the Equality between Men and Women to the Gender Justice

January, 2011
China
Land & Gender
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
women
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Gender and Productive Assets: Implications for Women’s Economic Security and Productivity

January, 2011
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
control rights
women
land
land
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Two Faces of Change: The Need for a Bi-Directional Approach to Improve Women’s Land Rights in Plural Legal Systems

January, 2011
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
land rights
development
women
land
research
government
customary law
development
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Changing agrarian relations after redistributive land reform in Zimbabwe

January, 2011
Zimbabwe
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
land reform
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India Constitution

January, 2011
India
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
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Gender and Climate Change: Supporting Resources Collection

Training Resources & Tools
Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
forestry
natural disasters
land rights
agriculture
This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change- showcases existing work on gender and climate change. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material and practical tools from diverse regions. Examining why a focus on gender and climate change is important, the resources look at the human and gender impacts of climate change, the global and national responses to climate change and locally relevant gender aware responses to climate change.
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Enhancing Legal Empowerment Through Engagement with Customary Justice Systems

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land governance
natural resources management
sustainable land management
The complex relationship between law, land rights and customary practices is increasingly recognized as foundational to formulating successful development policies. Similarly, the essential role of women’s economic participation to development and the current trend of gender discriminatory land and inheritance customary practices have prompted domestic civil society organizations in developing countries to use statutory provisions guaranteeing gender equality to improve women’s land tenure security.
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Customary land reform to facilitate private investment in Zambia: achievements, potentials and limitations

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
community land rights
customary tenure
In the name of development, governments in southern Africa are reformulating land policies to facilitate privatisation of customary land rights. It is argued that this can stimulate land markets, (foreign) private investment, access to formal credit, and enhance security of tenure (by way of holding title), thereby leading to economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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O impacto da política agrária em Moçambique

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Mozambique
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
agriculture
communal territory
environment
farmers
farmers associations
farmland
land governance
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
territory
Moçambique localiza-se na costa sudueste de África, com uma área de cerca de 799.380 Km1 e uma linha costeira de cerca de 2.515 Km ao longo do Oceano Índico, constituindo um espaço vital tanto para o país assim como para os países vizinhos situados no interior que só têm acesso às vias oceânicas através dos portos moçambicanos. Em termos de fronteiras, o país faz limite, a Norte, com a República Unida da Tazânia, a Oeste com o Malawi, Zâmbia, Zimbabwe, Suazilândia e República da Àfrica do Sul; a Sul, faz divisa com a Àfrica do Sul, países com os quais partilha cerca de 4.330Km.