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Os direitos da mulher à terra e os movimentos sociais rurais na reforma agrária brasileira

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2004
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Land & Gender
agrarian reform
gender equity in access to land
land tenure
rural areas
rural population
women
Este artigo examina a evolução da reivindicação dos direitos da mulher à terra na reforma agrária brasileira sob o prisma dos três principais movimentos sociais rurais: o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), os sindicatos rurais e o movimento autônomo de mulheres rurais. O mérito maior por levantar a questão dos direitos da mulher à terra é das mulheres dentro dos sindicatos rurais.
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Why is child malnutrition lower in urban than rural areas?

Reports & Research
January, 2004
Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia
gender equity in access to land
urban population
rural population
women
"While ample evidence documents that urban children generally have better nutritional status than their rural counterparts, recent research suggests that urban malnutrition is on the rise. The environment, choices, and opportunities of urbanites differ greatly from those of rural dwellers' from employment conditions to social and family networks to access to health care and other services.
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2003-2004 IFPRI Annual Report

Reports & Research
January, 2004
food security
gender equity in access to land
women
The Annual Report contains an Essay: Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals by Joachim von Braun, M. S. Swaminathan, and Mark W. Rosegrant. There is an overview of the Institute followed by information on Research and Outreach. Special emphasis is given to Global Food System Functioning, Food System Governance, and Food System Innovations.
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Report on FAO, UNIFEM and National AIDS Council Joint National Workshop on HIV and AIDS, Women's Property Rights and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
January, 2004
Zimbabwe
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
This is the report of a workshop held in Zimbabwe on HIV/AIDS and property rights women, with the aim of empowering widows at the grassroots level, as well as orphans affected by insecure property rights. The report makes recommendations on how to increase tenure security for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS.

You can download this report from the FAO website.
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Access to and control over land from a gender perspective

A study conducted in the Volta region of Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2004
Ghana
women
gender equity in access to land
This is a report of a research project conducted in the Volta region of Ghana on women’s access to land. The authors conclude that women’s land tenure in this area is pervasively insecure. Specific customary norms in the matrilineal society perpetuate this insecurity and demonstrate the lack of implementation of legal measures set up to protect women against property rights discrimination. The authors give recommendations for improving women’s secure access to land, targeting the local community, NGOs and legal aid clinics as well as the government.
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Rural Women’s Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries

Towards Achieving the Aims of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Reports & Research
January, 2004
Global
women
land rights
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
This report is the fruit of collaboration between ILC, IFAD and FAO. It provides information on the historical background of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, the working methods of the Committee, reservations, as well as a summary of information provided in reports of selected countries.