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How to engage with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

ILC Infonote

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Global
women
land rights
land policies
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is an intergovernmental body and functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) mandated to promote gender equality and the advancement of women. The fifty-sixth session of the CSW, which takes place at the UN Headquarters in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012, will focus on the theme “The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges”.
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The Committee on World Food Security: A guide for civil society

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Global
land governance
food security
land policies
advocacy
This is a guide for civil society organisations (CSOs) to the Committee onWorld Food Security – known as the CFS.It explains what the CFS is, why it is important, and how civil societyorganisations worldwide can monitor, influence or get involved in the work ofthe CFS at the global, regional and the national level.The guide is written in plain language for social movements, communitybasedorganisations (CBOs), civil society (CSOs), and local orinternational non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on foodsecurity and nutrition issues (see Box 1), including food sovereignty and theright
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Declaración de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador - III Encuentro latinoamericano y del Caribe de Mujeres Rurales

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean
Indigenous Peoples
women
land rights
land governance
land policies
gender equity in access to land
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International Declaration Of Peasants' Rights approved by the Advisory Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations

UN Resolutions
January, 2012
Global
agrarian reform
land area
land governance
land policies
land rights
landlessness
rural development
women
For the full text of the document "Final study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the advancement of the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas" please visit the UN Human Rights Council website ( English |
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Contract Farming in Developing Countries - A Review

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Global
Land & Investments
farmers
agriculture
land grabbing
land policies
The structure of this review is as follows: the first section discusses how contract farming is defined for the purposes of this review and briefly describes the history and extent of contract farming globally. The second section details the main factors contributing to the increased incidence of contract farming in developing countries, and describes the most common models utilised. Section 3 covers the main conceptual and theoretical perspectives on contract farming.
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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin Issue 1.

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Eastern Africa
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
natural resources management
environment
research
News, views and experiences on securing rights to rangelands from East Africa and beyond.
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Struggles over property rights in the context of large-scale transnational land acquisitions. Using legal pluralism to re-politicize the debate.

Illustrated with case studies from Madagascar and Ghana. May 2012. IOB (University of Antwerp, Belgium - AGTER)

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Ghana
Land & Investments
land rights
land grabbing
land policies
Abstract
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Afghanistan country fact sheets on land governance: Policy & Institutional Contexts

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Afghanistan
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land policies
land grabbing
land rights
land conflicts
Indigenous Peoples

This country profile has been compiled as part of a series of country factsheets particularly prepared for Dutch embassies developing a strategic analysis on food security and water. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance for each of the 15 selected countries. They have been updated in July 2012.
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Afghanistan country fact sheets on land governance: Policy & Institutional Contexts

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Afghanistan
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land policies
land grabbing
land rights
land conflicts
Indigenous Peoples
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Mozambique country factsheets on land governance: Policy & Institutional Contexts

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Mozambique
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land policies
land grabbing
land rights
land conflicts
Indigenous Peoples
This country profile has been compiled as part of a series of country factsheets particularly prepared for Dutch embassies that are developing a strategic analysis on food security and water. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance for each of the 15 selected countries. They have been updated in July 2012.