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Community Organizations International Land Coalition
International Land Coalition
International Land Coalition
Acronym
ILC
Network

Location

Italy

The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a coalition of civil society and intergovernmental organizations promoting secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men through advocacy, dialogue and capacity building.

Members:

Michael Taylor
Sandra Apaza
Elisabetta Cangelosi
Annalisa Mauro
Silvia Forno
Dunia Mennella
Rukshana Nanayakkara

Resources

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Pastoral women’s land rights and village land use planning in Tanzania: Experiences from the sustainable rangeland management project

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2017
Eastern Africa
Tanzania
Southern Africa

In pastoral societies women face many challenges. Some describe these as a ‘double burden’ – that is, as pastoralists and as women. However, pastoral women may obtain a significant degree of protection from customary law even if customary institutions are male-dominated. In periods of change (economic, social, political), this protection may be lost, and without protection from statutory laws, women are in danger of “falling between two stools” (Adoko and Levine 2009).