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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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Women and Land

Securing Rights for Better Lives

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2011
Eastern Africa, Global, Tanzania, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
research
Here it is an important book on Women's Land Rights, published by the International Development Research Centre.
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The Link Between Land and Gender-Based Violence

March, 2015
Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda
land
property
Guest commentary by Amanda Richardson, Resource Equity, and Ailey Kaiser Hughes, Landesa.
A growing body of evidence shows a correlation between gender-based violence (GBV) and land rights. Awareness of the possible GBV implications of land interventions is critical to understanding impacts on women.
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Welthunger-Index 2014: Herausforderung verborgener Hunger

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Southern Asia, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Asia, South America, India
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
youth
natural resources management
poverty
property rights
farmers
land
land degradation
climate change
environment
agricultural and rural legislation
water management
waste (abuse)
natural disasters
sustainable land management
Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite Debatte, wie Hunger und Mangelernährung verringert werden können. Betrachtet man die Entwicklungsländer als Gruppe, so hat sich die Hungersituation dort seit 1990 verbessert. Dem WHI 2014 zufolge ist seitdem ein Rückgang um 39 Prozent zu verzeichnen.
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Indice Globale della Fame 2014: la sfida della fame nascosta

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Southern Asia, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Asia, South America, India
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
youth
natural resources management
poverty
property rights
farmers
land
land degradation
climate change
environment
agricultural and rural legislation
water management
waste (abuse)
natural disasters
sustainable land management
A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi nella lotta contro la fame e la malnutrizione. Secondo il GHI 2014, lo stato della fame nei Paesi in via di sviluppo è complessivamente migliorato in confronto al 1990, con un calo del 39%.
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L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014: Le défi de la faim invisible

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Southern Asia, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Asia, South America, India
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
youth
natural resources management
poverty
property rights
farmers
land
land degradation
climate change
environment
agricultural and rural legislation
water management
waste (abuse)
natural disasters
sustainable land management
Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant d’alimenter le débat mondial sur la question de savoir où concentrer les efforts dans la lutte contre la faim et la malnutrition. Selon le GHI 2014, les niveaux de faim dans les pays en développement pris dans leur ensemble se sont améliorés depuis 1990, diminuant de 39%.
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2014 Global hunger index: The challenge of hidden hunger

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Southern Asia, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Europe, Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Asia, South America, India
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
youth
natural resources management
poverty
property rights
farmers
land
land degradation
climate change
environment
agricultural and rural legislation
water management
waste (abuse)
natural disasters
sustainable land management
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI.
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Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis

Journal Articles & Books
January, 1970
Argentina, China, Cuba, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
land
land degradation
land use
assessment
property
The objective of the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project was to develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent, severity and impacts of land degradation on dryland ecosystems, watersheds and river basins, carbon storage and biological diversity at a range of spatial and temporal scales. This builds the national, regional and international capacity to
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LAND REFORM /

Journal Articles & Books
January, 1970
Italy, Madagascar, Niger, Peru
land reform
land
property
This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives contains an interesting and

wide-ranging set of contributions providing insights into land related issues ranging from

Italy to the Central Andes, and from the historical development of sustainable tenure

practices to aspects of agriculture sector planning.

The eight articles featured open with that of Lavigne Delville, which addresses issues

relating to insecurity of tenure in West Africa, and identifies what the paths of change
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Land Reform

January, 1970
Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Nigeria, Sweden, Turkey
land reform
land
property
This paper discusses the role of FAO support to the Government of Mozambiques Land Commission since 1995, through three consecutive projects. While each has had a relatively short duration, all have been planned and implemented within a single conceptual framework with a much longer time horizon. This has allowed a difficult and complex issue to be progressively developed and nurtured within a realistic time scale, while building up a strong sense of national ownership of the process.