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  1. Library Resource
    Gender equality publication cover from ADB
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Asia

    This publication analyzes gender inequalities that constrain women’s roles in agriculture and food production, and in the long run undermine achievement of food and nutrition security in the Asia and Pacific region. It recommends priority interventions that would enhance food and nutrition security in the region by ending gender discrimination and empowering women. It argues for policy reforms to advance gender equality and strengthen country-owned food security strategies.

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    Results of the Application of the Land Governance Assessment Framework

    Reports & Research
    August, 2013
    Gambia

    The Government of the Gambia has acknowledged that a prudent and sustainable management of the country‟s limited land resources is an essential precondition to poverty reduction and national food security. A critical step towards the realization of current national strategic objectives
    would be an evaluation of the land governance environment to determine where the country stands. In order to evaluate and prioritize these issues more systematically, country experts utilized the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) developed by the World Bank and its

  3. Library Resource

    Guião técnico para agentes de desenvolvimento

    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Mozambique

    De modo a apoiar e promover a igualdade de género e o empoderamento da mulher rural
    moçambicana, através da divulgação de legislação e informações relevantes sobre as
    questões de género no país, o Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária (CFJJ) do Ministério
    da Justiça em Moçambique, a Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura
    (FAO), o Centro Terra Viva (CTV) e a Embaixada do Reino da Noruega em Moçambique unemse na publicação deste material informativo.
     

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Armenia, Georgia, Moldova

    This paper was prepared within the “Cooperatives and their alternatives” component of the Agrarian Structures Initiative (ASI) which a regional program of FAO in Europe and Central Asia. This paper outlines some of the main issues influencing the development (or not) of farmer and rural organisations and presents in further detail the specific situation in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. All three countries returned ownership of the majority of land to the rural population.

  5. Library Resource
    Philippines_ land governance

    Implementation of the Land Governance Assessment Framework

    Reports & Research
    August, 2013
    Philippines

    Land is considered a vital resource for any nation. It serves as the platform for carrying out

    social, cultural and economic activities. Access to land is an important means for promoting

    growth and equity and achieving social justice in many countries. The process by which

    decisions are made regarding access to and use of land, the manner in which those decisions are

    implemented and the way that conflicting interests in land are reconciled are crucial in

    determining whether the country has what it takes to derive the desired benefits from this

  6. Library Resource
    How To: Contract Monitoring Roadmap
    Training Resources & Tools
    October, 2013
    Global

    This platform provides an introduction to the concepts surrounding community monitoring, based on the "Contracting Roadmap" developed by the World Bank Institute. It is appropriate for civil society organisations who are exploring whether they can monitor procurements, butit also applies to any entity interested in contract and project monitoring. It explains the different types of monitoring and different approaches, how to access data and general rules in what to do with it afterwards in the analysis.

  7. Library Resource
    The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis

    Changing patterns, perceptions and politics of an Afghan community

    Reports & Research
    April, 2013
    Afghanistan

    ABSTRACED FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

    Kuchis, as nomads are now usually referred to in Afghanistan, occupy a peculiar place among Afghan communities. They constitute, like many nomadic communities in other countries, a particularly disadvantaged group with respect to many social indicators such as access to education, health or livelihood standards. Although many Kuchis are settling down, a growing and unregulated phenomenon taking place at the outskirts of the major Afghan cities, these indicators are still not improving.

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    trainer's guide
    Manuals & Guidelines
    March, 2013
    Global

    This trainer's guide is complementary to this training toolkit. It is part of an approach that aims to sensitize government agents about land administration, develop their capacity to address issues of corruption and to enhance transparency in the land sector. It focuses specifically on land administration with a view to filling the capacity development gap in the land administration sector. Training content covers key themes clustered into different training sessions related to land governance, transparency, land administration and tools that could help bring about transparency.

  9. Library Resource
    GENDER TOOLKIT
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2013
    Global

    This toolkit aims to give civil society organizations the tools they need to address gender justice issues in their work. The toolkit contains sections on:


    1. Gender Concepts (terms, frameworks and key debates);
    2. Gender Action Links (topical briefings and action resources);
    3. Gender Tools (checklists, indicators and methodologies for gender analysis in specific sectors); and
    4. Gender Data (links to sex-disaggregated databases).
  10. Library Resource
    CEDAW Handbook COVER
    Manuals & Guidelines
    April, 2013
    Global

    This handbook is an introduction to the human rights of indigenous women. It provides some detail on the CEDAW as the only instrument specifically for women. It also provides a brief overview of the other available human rights mechanisms.

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