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A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2018
Mozambique, Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
compensation
displacement
gender equity in access to land
land acquisitions
land degradation
land tenure systems
local community
natural resources management
rural population
women
Tanzania and Mozambique — countries of vast mountain ranges and open stretches of plateaus — now face a growing land problem. As soil degradation, climate change and population growth place enormous strains on the natural resources that sustain millions of people, multinational companies are also gunning for large swaths of land across both countries. Caught between these pressures, many poor, rural communities get displaced or decide to sell their collectively held land.
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A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

Reports & Research
March, 2018
Mozambique, Tanzania
Land & Gender
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
expropriation
land acquisitions
land rights
land tenure
natural resources management
women
Tanzania and Mozambique — countries of vast mountain ranges and open stretches of plateaus — now face a growing land problem. As soil degradation, climate change and population growth place enormous strains on the natural resources that sustain millions of people, multinational companies are also gunning for large swaths of land across both countries. Caught between these pressures, many poor, rural communities get displaced or decide to sell their collectively held land.
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A socio-hydrological approach for incorporating gender into biophysical models and implications for water resources research.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Ethiopia
natural resources management
water management
women
assessment
land use
research
Men and women interact with water resources and landscapes in different ways, and there are frequent criticisms that little research is undertaken across disciplines to address this issue. Biophysical scientists in particular struggle with how to integrate “gendered” water uses into models that are necessarily based on prevailing laws and equations that describe the movement of water through the hydrological cycle, independent of social constructs.
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Building Evidence on Rural Women Struggles for Land Rights in Tanzania

The Quest for Knowledge, Recognition and Participation in Decision Making Processes

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
capacity building
displacement
land acquisitions
land rights activists
natural resources management
rangelands
right of access
women
Land is one of the terrains of struggle for most rural women in Africa because of its importance in sustaining rural livelihoods, and social-cultural and geopolitical factors that hinder women from enjoying land rights. Even when there are progressive land laws, as it is for Tanzania, women have not really enjoyed their rights. However, this has not stopped women to keep fighting for their land rights. They have sought their own approaches by leveraging opportunities within traditional, religious, and formal systems standing for their rights.
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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Land & Gender
Forest Tenure
property rights
natural resources management
land management
poverty
right of access
forest land
women
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Conflicts Over Land - A Role for Responsible and Inclusive Business

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Asia
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
cadastres
capacity building
climate change
common property
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples
land area
land conflicts
land governance
land grabbing
land markets
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local community
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
women
This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.
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Engendering social and environmental safeguards in REDD+: lessons from feminist and development research

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2016
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
climate change
environment
forest management plans
land governance
land use
local community
natural resources management
women
Drawing on feminist and development literature, this paper suggests several important lessons and considerations for building equitable approaches to REDD+. Specifically, we illustrate the conceptual and practical significance of womens participation for achieving the goals of REDD+as well as the limits and opportunities for gendering participation in REDD+.
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Enhancing effectiveness of forest landscape programs through gender-responsive actions

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2018
Global
Forest Landscape Restoration
environment
forest conservation
forest management plans
gender equity in access to land
local community
natural resources management
sustainable development
women
Many forest landscape projects around the world do not address gender gaps sufficiently. As a result, interventions may lead to outcomes that are not only inequitable, but also unsustainable. In response, the World Bank Group (WBG), Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) and others, in partnership with civil society organizations, local and national governments, are increasingly supporting interventions that explicitly target gender-related inequalities.
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Enhancing resilience in the horn of Africa

Synthesis of an evidence based workshop

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
food security
land environment
agriculture
land conflicts
women
natural resources management
environment
land degradation
poverty
natural disasters
sustainable land management
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Environment, women and population: interrelated issues in rural development in Southeast Asia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1995
Thailand, Philippines
farming systems
natural resources management
rural development
women