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1. Library Resource

   

   Uganda government ignores its directive on COVID evictions;evicts thousands of smallholder farmers;artisanal miners

   Septiembre, 2021

   Uganda

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Tierra y Género

   Mujeres

   Tierras

   Derechos de tierras

   Describes how community-level dialogues uprooted harmful gender norms that hinder women’s rights to land. Showed that shifting harmful gender norms at the community level is crucial in supporting women to access land rights. Customary leaders like indunas and village headpersons are a key entry point for that shift. Change can be slow. But spaces for dialogue;critical reflection and support for action-planning enabled the indunas to not only change their own beliefs;but also begin to see their role and their communities in a different light.

2. Library Resource

   

   Uganda: A decade of land grabs with impunity

   Octubre, 2021

   Uganda

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierra y Género

   Tierras

   Gobierno

   Desalojo

   Gives details of how villagers in Chilonga in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province are being kicked off their land;paving the way for growing lucerne grass as stockfeed. Cites some individual case histories;government support to the giant dairy company Dendairy and attempts to resist the evictions.

3. Library Resource

   

   What happened to land grabs in Africa?

   Octubre, 2021

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Tierra y Género

   escala

   Agricultura

   Tierras

   Adquisiciones de tierras

   Proponents of large-scale agriculture have put forward a multitude of reasons to support the advancement of this approach to farming. Large-scale agriculture is seen as the only way to “modernise” and “develop” the land;to close the yield gap;and to ensure food availability. Furthermore;socio-economic outcomes are assumed to be higher under the management of large-scale farming operations than on small-scale farms. This study reviewed scientific literature on the microeconomic and social effects of large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

4. Library Resource

   

   Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace

   Sustaining peace through women’s empowerment and increased access to land and property rights in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

   Informes e investigaciones

   Diciembre, 2021

   Global

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Tierra y Género

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Gobernanza de la tierra

   ciencias forestales

   Tierras

   Actividades

   Mujeres

   These messages were developed based on the field experience in fragile and crisis affected contexts of UN-Habitat and the partners of the Global Land Tool Network and the HLP Area of Responsibility of the Global Protection Cluster. They are a quick reference on how to empower
   women and protect their housing, land and property rights in fragile and crisis affected contexts and why this is an essential element to sustain peace and stability.

5. Library Resource

   

   Large-scale Land Acquisition in Africa: Impacts;Conflicts and Human Rights Violations. The Case of Socfin in Sierra Leone

   Our Land is Our Life: Policy Brief

   Diciembre, 2021

   Sierra Leona

   Tierra y Género

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierras

   Recursos naturales

   ciencias forestales

   Agua

   Pesca

   Describes the efforts of Zambian traditional leaders to promote gender equality in the management of land and natural resources at the national level. Developed a tool to address knowledge gaps and provide practical guidance on promoting gender equality in the chiefdoms in the areas of land;forestry;wildlife;water;fisheries;and minerals.

6. Library Resource

   

   Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking stock of the global land rush

   Septiembre, 2021

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierra y Género

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Mujeres

   Acceso a la tierra

   Tierras

   Mujeres

   A recent study of two Senegalese villages showed how training women on land access is helping them claim their land rights. But disparities in results between locations and the use of customary practices as the preferred way of accessing land highlighted that civil society organisationsstrategies and approaches need to reflect local realities and ensure women from different groups and geographies also benefit.

7. Library Resource

   

   Study shows how training is shaping women’s awareness of their land rights

   Mayo, 2021

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Tierra y Género

   Empoderamiento legal

   Tierras

   Outlines how state and civil society-led legal empowerment initiatives can help secure land and resource rights;strengthen governance;improve access to legal systems and increase citizen participation in decision making.

8. Library Resource

   

   Research finds that multinational land deals harm local food security

   Enero, 2021

   Tierra y Género

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierras

   Recursos naturales

   Gobierno

   Medio ambiente

   Agua

   Biodiversidad

   Conflictos

   Desplazamiento

   Negocios de tierras

   Desarrollo

   Africa’s Catholic bishops have criticized the appropriation of land;natural resources and other economic assets by private companies and called on national governments to show greater concern for local community rights and needs. They said: ‘The impunity of corporate and elite capture of African land and natural resources and the damage this is doing to Africa’s food systems;to our environment;our soils;lands and water;our biodiversity;our nutrition and health is a major concern.

9. Library Resource

   

   Land and climate change: Rights and environmental displacement in Mozambique

   Febrero, 2020

   Mozambique

   Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

   Tierra e Inversiones

   Tierra y Género

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Tenencia de la tierra

   Mujeres

   Tierras

   Seguridad de la tenencia

   Desarrollo

   This commentary highlights the importance of land tenure security for women and indigenous peoples. Land titles are often used as a proxy for women’s land security;but focusing on titling alone does not lead to greater tenure security for women. To ensure tenure security;the development community;policymakers and practitioners must expand the range of interventions that address constraints women face when exercising their land rights.

10. Library Resource

    

    20 years after Zimbabwe’s land reform: what does the future hold?

    Junio, 2020

    Zimbabwe

    Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

    Indígenas y Derechos comunales sobre la Tierra

    Tierra y Género

    Gobernanza de la tierra

    Desarrollo sostenible

    Seguridad alimentaría

    Tierras

    Medio ambiente

    Argues that the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted land governance;which is vital in achieving inclusive economic growth;sustainable development and food security. It is seriously disrupting food systems and causing delays in justice for indigenous peoples and threatening land and environmental defenders. Includes a two minute video.