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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
indigenous peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.
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Draft: UN General Comment No. 26 on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
April, 2021
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity in access to land
land governance
poverty
food security
land degradation
conflicts
water
land rights
land access
land tenure
water rights
women
CESCR calls for written contributions to the draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is developing a general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The purpose of this general comment is to clarify the specific obligations of States parties relating to land and the governance of tenure of land under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE UPTAKE OF THE SET OF 15 INDICATORS BY GLOBAL LAND INDICATORS INITIATIVE IN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND BY LAND ACTORS

Reports & Research
April, 2021
Africa, Global
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land administration
equal rights
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
conflicts
land rights
land conflicts
land tenure
indigenous land rights
indigenous peoples
women
open data
The Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) platform was established in 2012 through the joint effort of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the World Bank and Millennium Challenge Corporation with the aim of making global-scale monitoring of land governance a reality by 2021.
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A Study Report on Analysis of Key Land Laws in Sri Lanka

A special reference to Women and Community Land Rights

Reports & Research
October, 2017
Sri Lanka
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land law
land reform
legal pluralism
environment
common lands
land economics
land rights
community land rights
property rights
women
Land is an imperative and crucial factor in the social, cultural and economic identity of the people in Sri Lanka due to the importance it has been given throughout our history. Moreover, the rights and interests over land are unequivocally and legally secured without any discrimination on the basis of gender, caste, religious or ethnic lines for its peaceful enjoyment and for the economic development of the people and the country.
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Reforming the Land Policies and Land Laws in Sri Lanka

Five Policy Briefs on selected issues

Reports & Research
November, 2019
Sri Lanka
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land administration
gender equity in access to land
equal rights
land law
land policies
land rights
landlessness
property
state property
women
Institute for Constitutional Studies (ICS) commissioned a study on Key Land Laws in Sri Lanka during 2017-2018 in order to identify the priority areas for which the attention of policy makers and the administrators is required. These policy briefs are prepared focusing on the five important areas identified by that study.
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Inheritance Rights of Children in Sri Lanka

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Sri Lanka
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
post-conflict settings
land inheritance rights
conflicts
land rights
displacement
housing rights
women
ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION:

This report provides an in depth analysis of the inheritance rights of children in Sri Lanka. Chapter 2 looks at inheritance rights of children from a human rights perspective. It examines the international human rights instruments which guarantee the right to adequate housing of children and which aim to protect their inheritance rights. It analyses the essential components of the right to adequate housing and looks at Sri Lanka’s obligations to protect and promote these rights.
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Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014-Synthesis Report

Reports & Research
November, 2014
Philippines
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land rights
land access
women
Discrimination against women and girls carries a high development cost. This
third edition of the SIGI captures and measures gender-based discrimination in social
institutions
− social norms, practices and laws
− across 160 countries. It exposes the
ongoing prevalence of discrimination in all regions of the world and across all cultures
irrespective of their levels of income or development. The 2014 edition of the SIGI
testifies to the global nature of gender inequality but provides evidence that national
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WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS, GENDER-RESPONSIVE POLICIES AND THE WORLD BANK

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2015
Philippines
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
gender equity in access to land
land law
agrarian reform
land rights
land access
farmers associations
women
This paper was prepared for presentation at the “2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty” in Washington DC last March 23-27, 2015 by Violeta P. Corral of the National Confederation of Small Farmers and Fishers Organizations (PAKISAMA), Philippines.

The Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) project was jointly implemented by PAKISAMA and Asian Farmers Association (AFA), support by the International Land Coalition (ILC).
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New research about gender, land and mining in Mongolia: deepening understanding of coping strategies in pastoral communities

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2019
Mongolia
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
environment
pastoral lands
mining
land investments
foreign investment
pastoralists
women
This paper shares findings from new research on gender and land in a pastoralist community in central- western Mongolia, with a complex structure of investment and operations in gold mining. The paper examines what has been learned from the research about people's coping strategies in the face of social and environmental change, specifically in the context of the development of mining since the transition from socialism and in a relatively isolated area.
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On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands

Reports & Research
February, 2021
Africa, Mexico, Indonesia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
development
sustainable development
land tenure
common rights
community land rights
group tenure arrangements
commons
collective ownership
land tenure systems
common property
local communities
women
Sustainable land governance requires that all members of a community, both women and men, have equal rights and say in decisions that affect their collectively-held lands. Unfortunately, women around the world have less land ownership and weaker land rights than men – but this can change, and this report shows ways how that can be done.
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