Deadline: 30/08/2015Region: Global (including Europe)Country: Italy
The International Land Coalition is a coalition of 207 organisations from 64 countries. ILC’s function as a network brings together diverse but complementary efforts, particularly between intergovernmental and civil society…
Using CEDAW and its Optional Protocol to advance women’s land and property rights
2 AUGUST 2015 / SIMONECUSACK
Graciela Dede, Mayra Gomez and Esther Waweru reflect on how the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol can help to…
Businesses need to start seeing communities as legitimate counterparts if we are to stand a chance of slowing down conflicts over land
Globally, over 70% of land lacks clear registration or is subject to ownership disputes. This phenomenon directly increases the vulnerability of the world’s…
Via Reuters
Markets | Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:01pm EDT
Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing
BY CHRIS ARSENAULT
TORONTO, Aug 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds,…
Via Business World Online
August 18, 2015 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Posted on August 17, 2015 09:34:00 PM
By Tzili Mor, Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights
Women’s rights and customary wrongs
SEATTLE -- One of the greatest challenges facing women in much of the world is…
Via landaccessforum.org
World Forum on Access to Land (WFAL) 2016
Valencia, Spain
March 31st -April 2nd, 2016
WORLD FORUM ON ACCESS TO LAND (WFAL) 2016
Call for inputs - Opening of regional discussion phase
The goal of the WFAL 2016 call is to address the major issues linked to unequal access…
Via Global Landscapes Forum
2015 Photo Competition
This competition is part of the Global Landscapes Forum that will be convened in Paris in December 2015, parallel to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).
The event…
Landesa is looking for a Senior Gender Land Tenure Specialist! Read more details about the vacancy on the Landesa website.
The deadline for applications is on September 21st.
The World Bank is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty from March 14 to 18, 2016 in Washington D.C. under the theme of
Scaling up Responsible Land Governance: Examples, policies, and impact
With more than 1,000 participants…
USAID's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Land Tenure and Property Rights launches today. Registration is open now through October 16.
The MOOC is free and open to current or future international development professionals, particularly those involved with USAID or U.S. Government foreign…
Via Euractiv.com
By: Georgi Gotev
SPECIAL REPORT/ In a wide-ranging exclusive interview, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan shared his vision of how the EU and developing countries could greatly improve global food security togther, through innovation and sustainable farming practices.
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Via Euractiv.com
By: Georgi Gotev
SPECIAL REPORT/ In a wide-ranging exclusive interview, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan shared his vision of how the EU and developing countries could greatly improve global food security togther, through innovation and sustainable farming practices.
Read…