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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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Civil Society Position on The Draft National Land Policy

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2007
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
customary tenure
equal rights
gender equity in access to land
land
land access
land allocation
land contracts
land governance
land law
land policies
land reform
land use
natural resources
women
The Civil Society commends the Ministry of Lands for spearheading the important process of developing the Draft National Policy, and affirms that land is central to the livelihoods of most Kenyans and as such its access, use, ownership, administration and distribution are of key national concern. Thus, having critically examined the Draft Policy we do hereby make our position on the way forward on the salient policy proposals of the Draft National Land Policy document.
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Case of study - Zambia (FAO 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Southern Africa
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
In recent years, Zambia has witnessed increased interest from private investors in acquiring land for agriculture. As elsewhere, large-scale land acquisitions are often accompanied with promises of capital investments to build infrastructure, bring new technologies and know-how, create employment, and improve market access, among other benefits

A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Zambia (2013)
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Cases of study - Zambia,Tanzania, Ghana and Lao (FAO, 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Ghana
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
forestry
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
food security
legal empowerment
land conflicts
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities A case study of selected agricultural Investments in LAO PDR (2013)
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INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT WOMEN’S CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS IN SIERRA LEONE

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2020
Sierra Leone
Land & Gender
land administration
gender equity in access to land
land policies
agriculture
land rights
customary tenure
women
open data
Within the framework of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), this paper summarizes the empirical findings from three sequentially related phases of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) VGGT programme, implemented as a pilot project in 2018. The methodology used relied first on context analysis of the critical aspects influencing and hindering women´s land rights.
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KENYA JUSTICE PROJECT | IMPACT EVALUATION REPORT KENYA JUSTICE IMPACT EVALUATION

Training Resources & Tools
June, 2013
Kenya
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land law
land policies
land rights
women
This report is an impact evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Justice Project, which was implemented by Landesa and its prime contractor Tetra Tech ARD, to pilot an approach for improving women’s access to justice, particularly related to women’s land rights, by enhancing the customary justice system in one target area: Ol Pusimoru sub-location, Mau Forest, Kenya.
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Land & Property Rights

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2014
Kenya
Forest Landscape Restoration
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
customary tenure
gender equity in access to land
land access
land distribution
land governance
land improvement
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land rights
sustainable development
women
The women Land Rights Project is a project of Kenya Land Alliance that aims at actualisation Women land and property rights, as provided in the Constitution of Kenya, 2013 and as a means towards poverty alleviation. This considering the fact that, in Kenya where the foundation of most communities is Agriculture and livestock production, women contribute up to 80% of workforce yet they only hold 1% of registered land in their names and around 5-6% of registered titles are held in joint names (Kenya Land Alliance, 2013).
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Land Policy Reform in Rwanda and Land Tenure Security for all Citizens: Provision and Recognition of Women’s Rights over Land

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2011
Rwanda
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
women
land rights
land policies
property rights
land reform
land tenure systems
In Rwanda, for many years ago, rights over land for women and female orphans were not
recognized. The main causes were the inexistence of efficient land administration systems and
the prevalence of traditional system of land tenure which were complex and did not favor
women and female descendants. In 2004, the Government of Rwanda had adopted a new land
policy which was complemented by the 2005 Organic Land Law and a series of laws and
regulations with regard to access to land, land management perspectives, and to the modalities
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Policy Brief: The Impact of Gendered Legal Rights to Land on the Prevalence and Nature of Intra- and Inter-Household Disputes

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2015
Rwanda
Land & Gender
land policies
gender equity in access to land
women
Before 1999, land rights in Rwanda were governed by three regimes: customary
(traditional) law, colonial laws still in effect, and laws enacted after independence. In each of
these, men were privileged in ownership and control of land whereas women were excluded
or had fewer rights.
The 1999 Succession Law restructured and harmonized land ownership in Rwanda,
superseding all prior legislation. A significant portion of these changes related to gender
equality. Equal rights to umunani (umunani or ascending partition is an act accomplished by
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Port Loko Declaration: Women say “We want our lands back!”

Training Resources & Tools
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
gender equity in access to land
land dispute
land policies
land rights
local communities
women
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from West and Central Africa;

We, national and international organizations involved in the struggle for the rights of women and local communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia, signatories of this declaration, met from 14 to 15 August 2017 in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.