Mujeres
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Boerinnen en landinrichting
Dit rapport geeft inzicht in de oorzaken van betrokkenheid en deelname van boerinnen aan voorlichting en inspraak in de voorbereidingsfase bij landinrichting. Verder is aangegeven welke strategieen, doelgroepen en middelen kunnen worden gekozen om betrokkenheid en participatie te vergroten. De resultaten zijn gebaseerd op een in 1985 gehouden onderzoek onder 321 boerinnen in de blokken St. Oedenrode en Wonseradeel-Zuid
KENYA JUSTICE PROJECT | IMPACT EVALUATION REPORT KENYA JUSTICE IMPACT EVALUATION
This report is an impact evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Justice Project, which was implemented by Landesa and its prime contractor Tetra Tech ARD, to pilot an approach for improving women’s access to justice, particularly related to women’s land rights, by enhancing the customary justice system in one target area: Ol Pusimoru sub-location, Mau Forest, Kenya.
AN INTRAHOUSEHOLD ANALYSIS OF ACCESS TO AND CONTROL OVER LAND
March 2014 – This paper assesses the extent to which Rwanda’s progressive legal framework has eliminated gender-based discrimination in access and control over land by taking a nuanced look at women’s ability to make land-related decisions and at the factors that affect their decision-making power.
SECURING WOMEN'S LAND TENURE IN NORTHERN UGANDA – A WOMEN FIRST APPROACH
March 2014 – This paper discusses a pragmatic, adaptive framework for understanding and taking action to strengthen women’s land tenure security in the context of customary tenure. The Framework defines secure land rights in terms of five elements, which each serves as the basis for distinct, measurable indicators upon which to base project assessment, design, and evaluation. This paper presents the Framework and suggests its potential as an analytical foundation for assessing the security of land rights, for designing projects or developing policies that protect and stren
ENSURING AND PROTECTING THE LAND LEASING RIGHT OF POOR WOMEN IN INDIA
March 2014 – This paper critically examines how lease farming can be a viable livelihood option for landless rural poor, especially women in India. In the absence of land ownership and education, the majority of landless and semi-landless rural women are engaged as low wage agricultural labourers and remain trapped in poverty and indebtedness. Lease farming by landless women in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh shows a pathway for reducing their poverty and enabling upward social mobility.
EMPOWERING ADOLESCENT GIRLS THROUGH LAND – A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
March 2014 – In 2012, Landesa and the government of West Bengal, India, entered an innovative partnership aimed at using land to reduce risks facing rural adolescent girls, including poverty, malnutrition, lack of education, and early marriage. This paper addresses pilot project features including girls groups, peer leader methodologies, community engagement, a land rights and land-based livelihoods curriculum, and partnerships with government stakeholders.
Women Inheriting Land: Rights and Realities
The webinar on Women Inheriting Land: Rights and Realities took place on 22 February, 2019.
The objective of this webinar was to discuss the significance of owning land through inheritance, the challenges that prevent women from inheriting land, the opportunities offered through the best practices and the possible actions that can be taken at different levels.
This report provides a summary of the discussion.
Broad Areas of discussion:
Gender and Land Statistics
Although there is global consensus that women’s land rights are fundamental for the realization of food security and rural development, accurate and reliable statistics to monitor the attainment and realisation of these rights are still lacking. Indeed, the lack of clear and accurate statistics on landownership and land management– that are disaggregated by sex - is problematic for developing clear policy responses to, and for monitoring of, inequalities faced by women and men in rural areas (Doss et al. , 2015).
Juana y la Comunidad Tres Islas contra la minería ilegal
La siguiente es la trascripción casi literal de una larga conversación sostenida con Juana Payaba, expresidenta de la Comunidad Nativa Tres Islas, la única comunidad del departamento de Madre de Dios, en el sureste peruano, que ha logrado el reconocimiento de sus derechos consuetudinarios como pueblo indígena. La lucha de los comuneros de Tres Islas contra los mineros ilegales que invadieron
La Colonial: Buscando un nuevo hogar en el Bosque
Decidimos mudarnos de las sabanas Parhueñas al Caura, más cerca del bosque, conabundantes recursos
Comité de Mujeres de la ACIT: a través de la mujer, todo
El Comité de Mujeres de la AsociaciónCampesina de Inzá Tierradentro(ACIT) o la Asociación de Mujeres porInzá es una organización comunitariaque trabaja en nueve veredas delmunicipio de Inzá, en la región deTierradentro del departamento delCauca, Colombia. Geográficamente,Inzá se encuentra en la cordilleracentral de Los Andes