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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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Shining a Spotlight

A critical assessment of food and beverage companies’ delivery of sustainability commitments

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Global
Land & Investments
environment
climate change
land acquisitions
land rights
land tenure
women
From 2013 to 2016, Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign called on the world’s 10 biggest food and beverage companies to adopt stronger social and environmental sourcing policies and spurred significant commitments on women’s empowerment, land rights and climate change. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens inequality and food insecurity around the world, we assess whether the companies have taken meaningful steps to implement the commitments they made in response to the campaign.
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Don’t forget the smallholder! Finding inclusivity in land investments

Webinar Report | Country Insights Initiative

Reports & Research
April, 2021
South-Eastern Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
land information systems
land use
land investments
responsible investment
land rights
tenure regularization
tenure security
farmers
smallholders
women
This is the report of a webinar which took place on 25th February 2021 organized by the Land Portal Foundation.
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Are There Gender Differences in the Perceived Impact of Land Security? Evidence from Urban Lesotho

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Lesotho
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land rights
women
As part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Agreement, the Government of Lesotho has implemented an institutional strengthening and land regularization project in the urban and peri-urban areas of the capital city Maseru. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the rights of the legitimate occupiers of the land by a process of formalizing those rights. This formalization process of the rights to land is expected to promote private sector development and stimulate economic growth.
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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin

Reports & Research
November, 2008
Benin
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land distribution
land productivity
women
Collective actions groups have many advantages and are sometimes essential, yet they can reinforce or perpetuate inter-and intra-gender inequalities when their functioning is left entirely subject to internal community dynamics and they are not well managed. This is well illustrated by the case of Koussin-Lélé rice scheme in the central Benin.
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Women's Land Rights and Sustainable Development

Reports & Research
February, 2015
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
development
land
land rights
sustainable development
women
Unequal and insecure access to land undermind women's farm productivity, limit employment options, depress their earnings, and degrade the environment. Factors limiting women's access to land include legal discrimination, land scarcity, inappropriate government policies, and lack of political power and social status. Policies to promote sustainalbe development rather than focusing on family planning, as is commonly done, should directly support women's economic activities.
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LASCAUX and food security law around the world LASCAUX et le droit de la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde LASCAUX and food security law around the world : The intellectual history of an atypical legal research programme LASCAUX et le droit de la sécu...

Reports & Research
June, 2018
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
biodiversity
land access
land access
land law
rural development
sustainable development
women
This paper is about the research methods, stages, challenges and results of the LASCAUX programme, a European research programme that took place over five years, between February 2009 and January 2014. The LASCAUX programme is concerned with food issues, “from plough to plate”, from a mainly legal perspective. More particularly, the nuclear core of the programme is based on the study of the concept of "food security", according to the definition from the FAO.