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Voices of women s aspirations over land and land matters: the case of Kibaale District, Uganda

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Uganda
women
land rights
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
This study documents women’s aspirations in relation to land in Kibaale district, Uganda. The study was designed to identify the gaps between those aspirations and the current reality, the actions required for their achievement, and the implications of those actions. Based on qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, information was gathered from 60 women belonging to the two villages, Nyanacumu and Kanywamiyaga, in the sub-county of Muhorro in Kibaale district. Researchers used appreciative inquiry, participant observation, narratives, focus groups, photos and video recording.
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

International Conventions or Treaties
January, 1979
Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Canada, United States of America, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, Japan, Mongolia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Croatia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land rights
advocacy
farmers
women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:
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Update 2010: Rural women’s access to land and property in selected countries

Progress towards achieving the aims of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Kenya
women
land rights
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
In 2004, FAO, IFAD, and the International Land Coalition (ILC) jointly published a report on progress towards the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), with respect to the status of rural women. This report provided an historical background to CEDAW and its Optional Protocol (OP 1999) as well as an overview on land issues as reflected in the reports submitted by States Parties.
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Women From Mining Affected Communities Speak Out: Defending Land, Life & Dignity

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Ghana
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land grabbing
land rights
advocacy
Indigenous Peoples
pastoralists
women

This International Women and Mining Network - RIMM's publication is one step towards building an awareness of the challenges and struggles experienced by women in particular places where companies are extracting wealth from the depths of the earth. The perspectives of these outspoken women on mining are rarely heard in international media, court rooms, parliamentary legislatures, or international policy development forums.
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Le droit à la terre et les paysans pauvres au Sénégal

Policy Papers & Briefs
Senegal
Land & Investments
land rights
land grabbing
advocacy
Le Sénégal pays agricole essentiellement composé d’agriculteurs, de paysans est situé à l’extrême Ouest du continent africain avec une superficie totale de 196 720 km 2. La superficie totale cultivable est estimée à 3,8 millions d’ha soit 19 pour cent de la superficie totale.
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Memorandum from the Rural Women's Assembly to the UNFCCC, the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Governments of Africa

Legislation & Policies
January, 2011
Southern Africa
women
land governance
climate change
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
We the Rural Women’s Assembly of Southern Africa, meeting in Durban on the event of the 17th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in Durban from 30 November to 5 December 2011 demand that governments take the following immediate steps to address the clear and present danger posed to rural communities by the climate crisis.
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Pastoralism as Conservation in the Horn of Africa

WISP Policy Brief No. 3

Policy Papers & Briefs
Eastern Africa
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
advocacy
natural resources management
environment
It is increasingly recognised that pastoralism is essential for sustainable management and ecosystem health of dryland environments, yet natural resource management strategies are increasingly threatened by many different factors. The key to the successful conservation of dryland environments in the Horn of Africa lies in the ability of pastoralists to observe and manage variations in vegetation and precipitation in order to maintain pastoral livelihoods and growth.
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“We who live here own the land” - Customary Land Tenure in Grand Cape Mount, and Community Recommendations for Reform of Liberia’s Land Policy & Law

Liberia
Land & Investments
farmers
local communities
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
advocacy
natural resources management
Communities of Grand Cape Mount, Liberia

March 25th, 2013
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Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Central African Republic
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
extractive industries
forestry
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
desertification
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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Improving Gender Equality and Rural Livelihoods in Senegal through Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management

July, 2015
Senegal
advocacy
urban areas
agriculture
youth
land
rural areas
women
research
farmers
Launched in 2011, the Second Sustainable
and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II) for
Senegal has been hailed for effectively mainstreaming a
gender perspective into an energy project. Under the
project, women have participated more in decision making;
developed skills in technical production, entrepreneurship,
and organizational management; and benefitted from increased incomes.