8 March 2017
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Mokoro is pleased to share news of the successful completion of fieldwork in the fourth of six phases of our WOLTS pilot study in both Mongolia and Tanzania. WOLTS is a major multi-country strategic action-oriented research project in support of the land
8 March 2017
The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources is advocating the prioritisation of gender and land rights for equitable development.
In a speech read on his behalf at the opening of a two-day orientation workshop for gender officers involved in land administration and representatives of civil society
8 March 2017
Across the wide world, women are rising up to protect the Earth, one another, and the common good
8 March 2017
Empowerment of rural women is fundamental for achieving 2030 Agenda
FAO/IFAD/WFP Joint News Release
8 March 2017, Rome - Leaders from the three UN Rome-based agencies today marked International Women's Day by reinforcing their commitments to step up efforts to invest in the capacities of rural
8 March 2017
While development programming is increasingly politically savvy, and women and girls are high on the agenda, it’s bizarre how often gender is overlooked as one of the key determinants of who gets what in the world.
8 March 2017
As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, six women from different countries in Southeast Asia received recognition from advocacy group Amnesty International for their "heroism" in standing up for human rights despite the criminalization and violence they have faced.
The group
8 March 2017
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to recognize the changing world of work, and the new challenges it throws up for women.
8 March 2017
Chengetai Zonke lost much of her maize crop to drought last year. When it came to planting again, she decided to reduce her stake in what has become a recurrent climate change gamble.
At her homestead in Chiware, in Zimbabwe’s northeastern Manicaland Province, the 52-year-old farmer explained why
6 March 2017
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: peoplesworld
The Wayúu indigenous people make up nearly half the population of La Guajira department in Colombia’s extreme northeast. They won’t be finding much peace from the agreement Colombia’s government and FARC insurgents signed in late 2016 to end their war.
6 March 2017
Date: 5 Match 2017
Source: Dhaka Tribune
The proposed law has been jointly prepared by Manusher Jonno Foundation, Indigenous People Development Services (IPDS), Brotee, Gram Bikash Kendro, and Jatiya Adibashi Parishad.
Indigenous leaders and NGOs have demanded that a draft law proposal
6 March 2017
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: rioonwatch
6 March 2017
By: Monique Barbut
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: IPS
International Women’s Day this year focuses on economic empowerment in the changing world of work. The vision is to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women and girls by 2030. Girls’ aged three will become adults with a legal right to work