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Women s land rights gains in Rwanda are eroded by cultural practices and negative attitude

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Rwanda
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
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Global Women's Submission for the Rio+20 zero-draft document

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Global
women
land rights
agriculture
climate change
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
desertification
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Impact of the Land Reform on the Land Rights and Economic Poverty Reduction of the Majority Rural Women Who Depend on Land for their Livelihood

RISD and IS accademy study in Rwanda

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Rwanda
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land rights
poverty
sustainable development
This study was conducted by Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development (RISD) under the funding of the IS-academy in partnership with the Netherlands Government, as part of their research program on “Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development” of which the guiding question is “the link between land governance, sustainable development and poverty alleviation”.
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Women and Land

Securing Rights for Better Lives

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2011
Eastern Africa, Global, Tanzania, Cameroon, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
research
Here it is an important book on Women's Land Rights, published by the International Development Research Centre.
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New COHRE Report - Living under threat but with nowhere to go

A survey on the impact of forced eviction on women in Phnom Penh

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Cambodia
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
You can find below, attached, a new report from the Centre On Housing Rights & Evictions (COHRE) - Asia on women's land and housing rights in Phnom Penh. Authors identify 11 recommendations for the Royal Government of Cambodia and 7 for NGOs. The report is based on a survey of 742 women interviewed, representing approxitemely 10 percent of the affected families in 74 communities threatened with forced evictions in Phnom Penh.
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In focus - Women and Land - IDRC Conversations with activists, leaders, and researchers on women's land rights

Africa, Eastern Africa
gender equity in access to land
land rights
women
[From Youtube.com] In September 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya, IDRC hosted the policy symposium, Gendered Terrain: Women's Rights and Access to Land in Africa. At this symposium, researchers from across Africa shared their findings and engaged with policymakers. These 11 short videos present valuable insight from some of the symposium's participants.
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Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions

New report on women's land rights in Cambodia from Amnesty International

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Cambodia
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
Few days after an important report from the Center on Housing Rights and Evicitions (COHRE) on women's land and housing rights in Phnom Penh, another report on forced evictions in Cambodia, this time from Amnesty International and focused on rural areas. This publication tells the stories of five cambodian women who have faced or resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
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Women’s Inheritance Rights to Land and Property in South Asia

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights
women
This is a 2009 study undertaken by the Rural Development Institute, now Landesa, and authored by Elisa Scalise. It focuses on six South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and addresses both formal and customary laws and pratices governing women's inheritance rights.
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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
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Memorandum from the Rural Women's Assembly to the UNFCCC, the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Governments of Africa

Legislation & Policies
January, 2011
Southern Africa
women
land governance
climate change
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
We the Rural Women’s Assembly of Southern Africa, meeting in Durban on the event of the 17th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in Durban from 30 November to 5 December 2011 demand that governments take the following immediate steps to address the clear and present danger posed to rural communities by the climate crisis.