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Indigenous Peoples Rights Act 1997 (Republic Act No. 8371 of 1997).

An Act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, establishing implementing mechanisms, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes.

Legislation
Philippines, South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
farmland
customary law
land registration
land inheritance rights
cadastres
land law
land dispute resolution
gender equity in access to land
land ownership
The Act makes provision for the promotion and recognition of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs), with a view to preserve their culture, traditions and institutions and to ensure the equal protection and non-discrimination of members.
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Land Act, 1999 (No. 4 of 1999).

An Act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land, the management of land, settlement of disputes and related matters.

Legislation
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
natural resources management
land registration
fisheries
cadastres
gender equity in access to land
land law
land dispute resolution
leases
An Act to provide for the administration of land and land tenure in Tanzania.The 187 sections of this Act are divided into 14 Parts: Preliminary provisions (I); Fundamental principles of land policy (II); Classification and tenure of land (III); Administration (IV); Rights and incidents of land occupation (V); Granted rights of occupancy VI); Conversion of interests in land (VII); Disposition affecting land (VIII); Leases (IX); Mortgages (X); Easements and analogous rights (XII); Co-occupancy and partition (XIII); Dispute settlement (XIV).Section 23 sets out the fundamental principles of Na
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Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of Bangladesh on partnership and development

International Conventions or Treaties
Bangladesh, Eastern Europe, Europe, Northern Europe, Asia, Southern Asia
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land management
gender equity in access to land
The objectives pursued by this Agreement are to enhance and develop the various aspects of cooperation between the Contracting Parties in several areas, including among others environmental protection, trade and commercial cooperation, human and animal health.
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National Environmental Management Policy.

National Policies
Uganda, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
gender equity in access to land
The Policy: (a) defines the overall Policy goal, key policy objectives and key principles in Chapter II; (b) defines in Chapter III cross-sector policy objectives, principles and strategies in the following fields: land and resource tenure, land use policy and planning, environmental information, conservation of biological diversity, water resource conservation and management, wetlands conservation and management, environmental economics and macro-economic policy, environmental accounting correct market failures with appropriate pricing policy, financial and economic sustainability, use of
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Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Chuuk State Code - Tide Lands.

Legislation
Micronesia, Oceania
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
coastal areas
land management
customary law
land ownership
This Chapter concerns the procedures for the application for a permit “to excavate, fill or borrow” tidelands, defines traditional and customary rights of the people of the Chuuk State in respect of tidelands and the granting of (ownership) rights in respect of such land by the State to people of Chuuk. Tidelands within the meaning of the Chuuk Constitution are those marine lands from the shore to the face of the reef that are shallow enough for traditional fishing activity by women.
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Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment

New OECD publication "Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment"

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Global
agriculture
gender equity in access to land
women
Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (pdf, 1.5MB) published in March 2011, presents statistics on aid from DAC members to sectors focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment for the period 2008-2009.

The Global Donor Platform OECD focal point, Karim Hussein, points out that page 5 of this new publication reviews agriculture and rural development and interestingly showed that only 5% of DAC donor aid for agricultural inputs had a gender equality focus.
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Land Tenure, Gender and Globalisation

Research and Analysis from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2010
Cameroon
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
forestry
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land grabbing
land rights
women

Drawing from field research in Cameroon, Ghana, Viet Nam, and the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, this book explores the relationship between gender and land, revealing the workings of global capital and of people’s responses to it.
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Gender and Climate Change: Mapping the Linkages

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
gender equity in access to land
climate change
women
The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses. This report, prepared for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), seeks to make the most of the available resources, drawing out useful insights to inform and strengthen future research on and interventions into gender and climate change.
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ActionAid and IFSN publish brief introduction to the FAOs Voluntary Guidelines

'A Brief Introduction to the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security”'

Legislation & Policies
June, 2012
Global
VGGT
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
fisheries
land rights
youth
The majority of the world live in rural areas and are dependent on land and land based resources. The increasing pressure on land, particularly that used for food production, by countries and private investors poses a huge risks to millions of these rural communities. One of the major causes is weak and poor governance in land tenure systems, as most Governments have so far failed to provide adequate safeguards to protect poor people from eviction or dispossession leaving them without compensation and remedy.
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GTZ's Land Use Planning Methods, Strategies and Tools

These guidelines from the Working Group on Integrated Land Use Planning (WGLUP) are a further step in developing an approach to gender-sensitive land use planning (LUP) within the framework of development co-operation

Training Resources & Tools
January, 1999
Global
gender equity in access to land
rural development
property law
agriculture
natural resources management
land rights
capacity development
farmers
women
[adapted from GTZ] 1999- More than one hundred technical co-operation projects on three continents supported by the various technical departments of GTZ were involved in this discussion on Land Use Planning, paying specific attention to gender and women’s promotion through its pilot program “Gender and Women’s Promotion”.