[This is an update on this <a href="http://landportal.info/resource/global/enabling-rural-womens-economic-empowerment-in……

[From <a href="https://www.awid.org/News-Analysis/Announcements2/Asia-Pacific-Regional-Preparatory-…;] <strong…

As governments in the global North look to diversify their economies away from fossil fuel and mitigate climate change, plans for biomass energy are growing fast. These are fuelling a sharp rise in the demand for wood, which, for some countries, could outstrip domestic supply capacity by as much…

The Global Gender Gap Index, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks gender gaps on economic, political, education and health-based criteria, and provides…

<em>The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture</em> (SOLAW) analyses a variety of options for overcoming constraints and improving resource management in these areas of heightened risk. In each location, a mix of changes in institutional and…

Here it is an important book on Women's Land Rights, published by the International Development Research Centre. The book's authors, Debbie Budlender and Eileen Alma, also draw from the outcomes of the 3 year collaborative project entitled “<a href="…

The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date — published online on by the International Land Coalition (ILC) — has found more evidence of harm than benefits. The report strongly urges models of investment that do not involve large-scale land…

[From the <a href="https://www.fimi-iiwf.org/es/noticia.php?idnoticia=418">Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas</a>] Today, December 10 — International Human Rights Day, we want to…

I am sharing this extremely important report from Margaret Sekaggya, the <a href="https://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/defenders/index.htm">Special Rapporteur of the situation of human…

<a href="http://landportal.info/dataoecd/9/34/47335126.pdf">Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment</a> (pdf, 1.5MB) published in March 2011, presents statistics on aid from…

The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure…

A new issue of the FAO Land Tenure Journal is now published in both hardcopy and in electronic formats. The 1/2011 issue features five continents and subcontinents exploring common challenges including tenure governance, the legal recognition of customary tenures, land scarcity and…