This socio-legal analysis provides an overview of existing land governance arrangements in The Gambia as they relate to women’s access to land and resources.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2021Gambia
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Serie: Historias de Mujeres por el derecho a la Tierra en América Latina y el Caribe. Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua,Bolivia, México, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador y Guatemala
Reports & ResearchDecember, 2021Latin America and the Caribbean, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, ArgentinaLa lucha de las mujeres por el acceso a la tierra es una cuestión de vieja data en la región. Factores históricos, políticos y socioculturales han sido parte de las barreras que han impedido a las mujeres, la tenencia y manejo de la tierra. Pero en las últimas décadas muchas de estas mujeres se han organizado para luchar con más fuerzas por este derecho.
Aunque la dinámica, los procesos y el contexto son diferentes, la lucha siempre es la misma: hacer realidad el derecho de las mujeres a tener su propia tierra.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksSeptember, 2021Central Asia
The article reviews the latest available statistical information on gender inequalities in labor markets and in access to financial institutions, social services, and education.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2022Kazakhstan
In 2019, the long-awaited transition of presidential power from Nursultan Nazarbayev to his anointed successor Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev took place. However, Nazarbayev continues to wield power. Among his many positions is the chair-for-life of the National Security Council, a constitutional body that has effective veto power over key policy decisions.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2021Africa
Women represent a large part of the 2.5 billion people who depend on lands managed through customary, community-based tenure systems and are especially reliant on commons for their lives and livelihoods. They have very often limited and unsecured access to land and natural resources and tend to be excluded from decisions concerning them.
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Unlocking pathways to economic opportunity, gender equity, and agricultural innovation through land rights
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2022GlobalThe future belongs to youth. But in many parts of the world, young women and men lack the means and the opportunity to build livelihoods and fully participate in their communities. This is especially true in rural areas, where agriculture is the foundation of the economy, but land rights remain out of reach.
Consider the case of sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 10-12 million young people enter the workforce each year, but only 4 million new jobs are created, leaving the majority of young workers either unemployed or settling for menial and informal work.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2021Global
Gender and land rights are closely intertwined with each other. Globally, more than 400 million women work in agriculture. Women comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries, yet they account for less than 20 percent of landholders (FAO 2011). These disparities are even higher in some regions. In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, 60 to 70 percent of employed women work in agriculture, with similar rates of land ownership (that is, less than 20 percent).
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Peru: Indigenous Professional Internship Programme
Institutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2021Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, PeruThe Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Scaling up Land Governance for Food Security in Burkina Faso
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2022Burkina FasoThis one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Burkina Faso. This project is implemented by Nitidae, Observatoire National du Foncier Burkina Faso (ONF-BF), Oxfam Burkina Faso, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.
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Amahoro @ Scale - An integrated approach towards improved tenure security and land governance in Burundi
Policy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2022BurundiThis one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Burundi. This project is implemented by ZOA, VNG International and MiPAREC, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.
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