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Injustice against Women in a Social Forestry Program: Case Studies from Two Indonesian Villages

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2022
Indonesia
Forest Tenure
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
public participation
women
Social forestry programs, aimed to reduce poverty in forest communities while maintaining the forest function, are increasingly incorporating gender issues and responsiveness. By design, social forestry program is supposed to promote justice and equality for forest users, but on the ground discriminatory practices against women are occurring. Drawing case study from two Indonesian villages, this study examined the extent of discrimination against women in the implementation of the state social forestry programs.
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Growing the Field

A Collaborative Approach to Change

Reports & Research
January, 2023
Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land inheritance rights
climate change
land rights
community land rights
smallholders
youth
women
Land rights are ascendant across the development sector. Movements addressing women’s empowerment, poverty, social justice, food security and climate change are all increasingly turning to land rights to strengthen their cause. In 2022, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie Scott joined these efforts by making an unprecedented $20 million investment in our work. Ms. Scott’s generous gift represents a profound endorsement of the power of land rights to improve the lives of women, men, and communities around the world.
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Pathways for the recognition of customary forest tenure in the Mekong region

Reports & Research
November, 2022
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
gender equity
land governance
forest law
customary law
forestry
land dispute resolution
land tenure
customary land rights
land tenure systems
customary tenure
local communities
Globally, about 2 billion people claim ownership of their homes and lands through a customary tenure system. Customary tenure has long been insecure and is under growing pressure in many places. But it is also increasingly recognized through a variety of mechanisms, formal and informal. RECOFTC released a new report on the recognition of customary tenure of communities living in forested landscapes in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam. It also includes a case study from Thailand.
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Gender, tenure and customary practices in forest landscapes

Reports & Research
December, 2022
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
indigenous peoples' lands
natural resources
natural resources management
customary land rights
customary tenure
women
This report is based on 10 research projects carried out in 18 sites in seven countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam. The studies formed the basis of ten informational briefs from the research sites published together with the report (available here: https://www.recoftc.org/publications/0000432). Each study documented the legal frameworks and customary practices that affect indigenous women’s rights to access and manage forest resources and create restrictions on those rights.
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A Glimpse into Women’s Customary Forest Tenure Practices in Lao PDR

Access, Use and Management Rights of Women in Customary Tenure Systems in Mai District, Phongsali Province

Reports & Research
September, 2022
Laos
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
forest management plans
customary land rights
customary tenure
women
The case study explores the intersect between customary tenure systems and gender roles in two villages in Phongsali district in the north of Laos. The country has a diverse population of ethnic communities who depend on forests and other natural resources for their livelihoods. These communities play an important role for conserving complex landscapes. However, their traditional land tenure practices are insufficiently documented and therefore poorly understood, and even more so the gender relations in customary systems.
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Diamonds in the Delta

Manifesto

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2021
Mozambique, Colombia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Netherlands
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
urbanization
climate change
water
local communities
Diamonds in the Delta (DiD) is an international research-action network of scholars, water professionals and civil society advocates who are concerned about how climate change compounds problems of flooding and subsidence in delta cities. We – the people in the network – are united in our conviction that the needs, experiences and aspirations of communities that are actually or potentially most affected by these problems should be the focus when designing and implementing solutions.
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Securing Women Land Rights - Transforming Power Relations

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2022
Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Laos, Global
Land & Gender
land equity
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
equal rights
land stakeholders
legal empowerment
farmers
development agencies
local communities
women
This brochure provides an overview of the Gender Narrative of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) implemented by the German Development Cooperation Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It lays out the programme's vision, motivation and approach to ensure equal life prospects for all genders.
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Getting a Clearer Picture: Civil Society Reports on Progress Towards SDG Target 1.4 in Seven Asian Countries, 2020

Reports & Research
February, 2022
Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
poverty
rural development
sustainable development
land rights
rural population
women
Target 1.4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seeks to ensure that “all men and women, particularly the poor and vulnerable, have equal rights … to ownership and control over land and other forms of property.”

This target’s inclusion under SDG Goal 1, on “ending poverty in all its forms,” signifies a new global recognition that secure land tenure should be a central strategy in combating poverty. However, this land agenda has not been prominent in recent SDG reporting processes of governments.
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Frontier finance: the role of microfinance in debt and violence in post-conflict Timor-Leste

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2020
Timor-Leste
Land & Corruption
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land in post-conflict settings
gender equity
corruption
investment funds
land-based financing
dispossession
women
Microfinance programs targeting poor women are considered a ‘prudent’ first step for international financial institutions seeking to rebuild post conflict economies. IFIs continue to visibly support microfinance despite evidence and growing consensus that microfinance neither reduces poverty nor breaks the cycle of domestic violence. In the case of Timor-Leste, a feminist political economy approach reveals how microfinance engendered debt allows for the control, extraction, and accumulation of profits and resources by an elite class and exacerbates gender-based violence.
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The Battle for Land Reform: Contesting Coloniality and Capitalism

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2021
South Africa, Brazil, Philippines
land equity
land reform
indigenous peoples' land rights
land rights activists
The battle for land reform is a persistent and intensifying dimension of politics and social life in the Global South where people are struggling to escape the claws of colonialism and capitalism. Here, the violent history of being stripped of the land and forced to sell labor power has left a legacy of enormous destruction both to the land and to society. Various movements are rising up to resist this injustice by advocating for the transformation of the relationship that people have with the land.