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Land tenure Security in selected countries: Synthesis Report

Reports & Research
February, 2014
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia
community land rights
continuum in land rights
customary tenure
displacement
eviction
indigenous peoples' land rights
land access
land policies
land rights
open access (land)
tenure security
sustainable development
women
It is well recognized that secure land and property rights for all are essential to reducing poverty because they underpin economic development and social inclusion. Secure land tenure and property rights enable people in urban and rural areas to invest in improved homes and livelihoods. Although many countries have completely restructured their legal and regulatory framework related to land and they have tried to harmonize modern statutory law with customary ones, millions of people around the world still have insecure land tenure and property rights.
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Climate, change adaptation assets and group-based approaches: Gendered perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Bangladesh, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali
women
climate change
rural areas
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of climate change, adaptive approaches, and the degree to which assets and group participation play a role in adaptation strategies. Similarities were found across countries in terms of perceptions of climate change, impacts, and strategies for adaptation.
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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
food security
agriculture
land conflicts
women
natural resources management
environment
land degradation
poverty
natural disasters
sustainable land management
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Understanding the policy landscape for climate change adaptation: A cross-country comparison using the Net-map method

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa, Bangladesh, Kenya, Mali
gender equity in access to land
women
In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge that will help policymakers and development agencies to strengthen the capacity of male and female smallholder farmers and livestock keepers to manage climate-related risks.
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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin Issue 4

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Kenya
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
women
pastoralists
land rights
land grabbing
common property
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
land conflicts
natural resources management
News, views and experiences of policy-makers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users
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Expert Group Meeting: Good practices in realizing women's rights to productive resources, with a focus on land

Papers and presentations now available

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Kenya
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
Papers and presentations from the OHCHR - UN Women expert group meeting on "Good practices in realizing women's rights to productive resources, with a focus on land" are now available.
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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya
women
property law
forestry
gender equity in access to land
[From CIFOR] This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the expected ways.
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“Without Land You Are Nobody”

Critical Dimensions of Women‟s Access to Land and Relations in Tenure in East Africa

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
This scoping study on women's access to land in East Africa sets up a conceptual framework in which to consider issues of women's land tenure and identifies key aras for future research as well as key actiors toward increased jender equity in land rights.
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Double Standards - Women's Property Rights Violations in Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2003
Kenya
property law
land rights
women

This report describes the pervasive property rights violations which women are subject in Kenya. It describes women's rights in the country more generally and focuses on how widows, daughters, divorced women and married women are discriminated against and deprived of secure access to land and other resources. The report also makes recommendations to the government of Kenya as well as to donors and international organisations.
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From Despair to Hope: Women's Right to Own and Inherit Property

Reports & Research
January, 2005
Kenya
women
land rights
The right to own and inherit property is a crosscutting right that traverses the realm of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This right is central to the true empowerment of everyone in society (men, women, boys and girls) and is a key developmental right. It is the common right to all societies and cultures. It is central to securing the dignity of all members of the society.