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Group of women and young girls dressed in traditional clothing, sitting down in a wide open field, in a circle. Another person is standing and talking to them.
Promoting a gender-just economy through stronger rights to land and natural resources for women
Project, 06 November 2025
A group of women stand around a table and write on a white piece of paper.
Advancing gender equity through women producers’ dialogue series
… roles along agricultural and forest value chains, they suffer large gender inequalities in access to agricultural assets, inputs, services, … positive effects on women’s livelihoods and wellbeing.  Issues of gender often touch on deeply sensitive and controversial topics, … leaders of NGOs, exchange programmes and the private sector across Africa, Asia and Latin America within the wider FFF network. A series of …
Article, 11 July 2023
Group of ASOM women members holding plants in a field, smiling at the camera.
Land, climate and justice: grassroots women at the Global Land Forum
… Rural and Indigenous women across the globe rely on land, forests and water for their livelihoods. Access to, use of, and control … responses IIED has partnered with local organisations across Africa and Latin America to develop case studies that: Provide empirical … The case studies are part of our work that aims to promote a gender-just economy through stronger rights to land and natural …
Insight, 11 June 2025
Aerial view of two side of farming land, split down the middle by a river. the left side is the community land that has been planted with oil palm and the right side is the Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve - Sebokor, whose large trees are no longer visible.
New deforestation regulations must consider smallholder farmers
… and a morning coffee. But they are also behind the destruction of forests, which drives biodiversity loss and climate change. The … and their communities. Deforestation is a question of land rights, gender rights, the loss of people’s homes, cultures and livelihoods.  … specific regions where they have a larger footprint. These are West Africa, for cocoa and Southeast Asia, for rubber and palm. Coffee is a …
Insight, 09 July 2025
Five women look at a tomato plant in a vegtable plot
Empowering women forest and farm producers: learning from the best
… with women leaders of forest and farm producer organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America to establish a platform to support … Forests … Gender …
Insight, 27 March 2023
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… and Ian Scoones highlights the risk of ignoring these lessons in Africa. I argue that there is an urgent need to apply the lessons more … services such as protecting watersheds or carbon sinks (e.g. forests). Various national REDD+ strategies include CBNRM and PFM as … Isilda Nhantumbo opened the event by introducing the 'REDD+ and gender', 'Testing REDD+' and 'Private sector REDD+' research , and …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… Gender is still largely considered to be about women rather than about a vital dynamic in society. And often gender issues are seen as a concern of the global North. The … draws from research on rural-urban linkages conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to work in northern …
Project, 26 April 2011
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… Kajumba, IIED) "Michelle was also keen on engaging to bridge the gender gap within the UNFCCC processes. Before I left, we worked on a … a tripling in taxation on any products transported from community forests to be sold at national level markets. As local people were … approach and achievements." Editrudith Lukanga Organiser for Africa’s small-scale fishers and fish workers – nominated by Annabelle …
Article, 15 June 2020
Three women and a man sit on a bench.
Women claim their space in land governance
… decisions on land management and use. Bluyema is nestled in thick forests along the Liberia-Guinea border where, like most tenure systems … like the committee. Despite these legal provisions, discriminatory gender norms prevent women from speaking about and participating in … at ways to strengthen women’s access to and control over land in Africa . Reaching out to women  These all-women gatherings to discuss …
Insight, 18 November 2021
Woman carrying bags walking towards white tents
People fleeing impacts of climate change suffering physical and mental health crises
… Change and Development (ICCCAD). Researchers questioning people in Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific who had suffered losses … of Kenya who migrated to urban areas were exposed to sexual and gender-based violence. Some turned to prostitution as a way to survive. …
News, 14 December 2022