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  1. Library Resource
    Cover publication sample business enterprise policies
    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2021
    Global

    This resource accompanies Phase 1, Task 1, Step 1 of the Model Guidebook for Business Enterprises. It provides examples of business enterprise policies that tend to promote socially responsible investing and work toward ensuring the equitable sharing of investment benefits by women and men in affected communities. At every level of the supply chain, and at every step of the investment process, responsible policies will reflect best practices and international standards discussed in the guidebook.

  2. Library Resource
    State of Land Information in Botswana

    An Open Data Assessment

    Reports & Research
    July, 2023
    Botswana

    This State of Land Information (SOLI) report is an analysis of the current state of land data in Botswana, assessing the availability of land information and the compliance of this information with open data standards. 

    The aim of this report is to serve as a diagnostic for the land information ecosystem in Botswana and enable targeted interventions for improved information management.

  3. Library Resource
    Responsible land-based investments
    Manuals & Guidelines
    November, 2022
    Global

    This manual aims to provide practical guidance for investors in incorporating responsible land-based investment principles into investor policies and practices and is meant to be used along with the Introductory Guide for Communities, Governments and Investors. It has been written for all three RGIL countries, hoping that it will also be useful for other countries.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    May, 2020
    Iraq

    Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women displaced by war remain unable to return to their homes because of systemic injustices that prevent them from proving or claiming ownership of their property.

    New research by the Norwegian Refugee Council reveals that displaced women in Iraq are much worse off than men: they are 11 per cent more likely to face barriers impeding them from going back home after years of suffering in displacement camps since the end of the war against Islamic State group in their areas of origin.

  5. Library Resource

    Benin: Participatory Village Mapping in Northern Benin

    Institutional & promotional materials
    July, 2023
    Benin

    The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.

  6. Library Resource
    Foto: ILO/Flickr
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2023
    Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Global

    Foto: ILO/Flickr

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2012
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuba

    La autora desarrolla un análisis sobre la participación de la mujer cubana en proyectos de desarrollo rural, tomando como referencia diferentes épocas históricas del desarrollo cubano a partir del año 1959, momento del triunfo de la revolución de Fidel Castro. Expone a través de una experiencia en la zona de Holguín desde el 2003, los avances de las mujeres de esta zona dada su participación en un proyecto de desarrollo local con enfoque de género.

  8. Library Resource
    Why Land and Property Rights Matter for Gender Equality
    Reports & Research
    July, 2023
    Global

    Securing women’s rights, access to, and control over housing, land, and property (HLP) are important for livelihood generation, food security, a store of wealth, and other economic benefits. Ensuring women’s HLP rights also provides social benefits, such as improved bargaining power within the household and community. Data on women’s rights to HLP is limited, but available evidence from 53 countries shows that within those countries, over 70 percent of women do not own any land. Without action, women are at risk of being left farther behind.

  9. Webinar Series
    Tuesday, May 26, 2020 to Thursday, May 28, 2020
    Organizers: 
    Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility
    Environmental Peacebuilding
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
    Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    Landesa - Rural Development Institute
    Land Portal Foundation
    New America
    LANDac

    As governments press pause on economic activities and people change their work and social behaviors to halt the spread of COVID-19, there are several hidden dimensions that can put pressure on land governance and management and threaten the land rights security of millions worldwide.

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