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Growing the Field

A Collaborative Approach to Change

Reports & Research
January, 2023
Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land inheritance rights
climate change
land rights
community land rights
smallholders
youth
women
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.
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Women’s Land-Related Human Rights in Mozambique:

The Gap Between Commitments de Jure and Local Practice

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2022
Mozambique
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
women
Mozambique is a State Party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Over the last two decades, the government of Mozambique has developed legal and policy frameworks to align its legislation with core human rights instruments, promote gender equality, and foster women’s land rights. Mozambique has gained considerable international recognition for these important efforts.
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Women of the Land

Video

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2022
Africa, Ethiopia
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
VGGT
land administration
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
equal rights
responsible investment
land conflicts
capacity development
smallholders
women
The Support to Responsible Agricultural Investments (S2RAI) Project promotes internationally recognized principles and guidelines to ensure food and land tenure security for communities in the context of large-scale commercial land investment as well as strengthen the institutional frameworks and coordination structures at federal and regional levels in relations to responsible agricultural investment in Ethiopia.
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Empowering Women through Land Tenure Reform: The Rwandan Experience

January, 2012
Rwanda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land tenure
land
discrimination
women
women
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Rethinking the interstate Succession Act and the Little Land security It Provides for Women in Polygamous Marriages : Case of Zambia

Rethinking the Interstate Succession Act in Zambia

Multimedia
May, 2022
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
customary land rights
tenure insecurity
women
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Securing Women Land Rights - Transforming Power Relations

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2022
Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Laos, Global
Land & Gender
land equity
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
equal rights
land stakeholders
legal empowerment
farmers
development agencies
local communities
women
This brochure provides an overview of the Gender Narrative of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) implemented by the German Development Cooperation Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It lays out the programme's vision, motivation and approach to ensure equal life prospects for all genders.

For more information on the Global Programme: Global Programme Responsible Land Policy | Land Portal.
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Haki za Ardhi za Wanawake na Jamii: Kuwekeza katika Wasaidizi wa Jamii katika masuala ya jinsia na ardhi

Reports & Research
January, 2022
Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights
community land rights
women
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.
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Орон нутгийн иргэд, Эмэгтэйчүүдийн газрын эрх: Орон нутгийн манлайлагч нарыг чадавхижуулах нь

Reports & Research
January, 2022
Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mongolia, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights
community land rights
women
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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Les droits fonciers des femmes et des communautés : investir dans des champions locaux

Reports & Research
January, 2022
Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mongolia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land inheritance rights
land rights
community land rights
women
Depuis plus de cinq ans, le projet WOLTS (Women’s Land Tenure Security) étudie le croisement entre les relations de genre et de droits fonciers dans les communautés pastorales affectées par l’exploitation minière en Mongolie et en Tanzanie.
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LAND-at-scale Uganda

Scaling up community-based land registration and land use planning in order to contribute to increasing food security in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2021
Uganda
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land administration
land registration
land titling
gender equity in access to land
land-use planning
climate change
customary tenure
tenure regularization
capacity development
local communities
youth
women
This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Uganda. This project is implemented by the Global Land Tool Network, faciliated by UN-Habitat, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.