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Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.
Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
… may bring economic benefits to the country, they have a large land footprint and have a considerable impact on local communities. … find themselves faced with involuntary displacement, losing their land and their livelihoods, often without adequate prior compensation. … accordance with international principles for the protection of human rights and legitimate tenure rights, including those specific to women, …
Insight, 15 May 2025
A group of people pose for a photo outside, with trees in the background. There is a banner in the middle
Traditional leaders in Zambia shift gender norms and strengthen women’s land rights
… Across much of Africa, land is not allocated and inherited under statutory law but through … customary practices rooted in kinship. In patrilineal systems, land belongs to men’s families and is inherited through the paternal … over household resources, including land − so when it comes to land rights, women are left out. …
Insight, 30 June 2021
Two women brandishing machetes stand either side of a banana plant.
Crisis entrecruzadas y respuestas de las mujeres en Colombia
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Article, 19 November 2025
Women gathering. Institutional banner in the background.
Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania
… Tanzania has a progressive legal framework when it comes to women’s land rights and women’s participation in land governance. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania … Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? … Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania …
Insight, 20 January 2021
Women working the land
Study shows how training is shaping women’s awareness of their land rights
… (PDF, French language only)  – face many challenges in accessing land, aggravated by significant commercial land pressures. Disparities in land access are increasing inequality between men and women and widening … Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? … Study shows how training is shaping women’s awareness of their land rights …
Insight, 27 May 2021
A woman picking leaves from a tree.
Assisting communities to seek legal redress for land rights violations
… investments in agriculture, extractive industries and other land-based sectors has compounded the ‘ global resource squeeze ’ in … and middle-income countries. But many communities affected by land rights violations struggle to assert their rights. Demand for legal … is IIED doing? Supporting communities affected by large-scale land acquisitions: We conduct legal analysis and promote dialogue between …
Article, 11 December 2019
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Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon
… Indigenous communities in rural areas of Cameroon to exercise their rights to their historical and legitimate territories. Cameroon’s land laws do not recognise collective and customary land rights, making Indigenous Peoples particularly vulnerable to … Land acquisitions and rights … Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon …
Publication, 30 January 2023
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LandCam: lessons from six years of linking action, research and advocacy to support land reform
… 2017 to 2023, working to support the fair and inclusive reform of land governance in Cameroon at local and national levels. It sought to … mobilisation and policy advocacy to address the country’s complex land governance issues. This report describes the background to the … its approach and activities, the strategies adopted to respond to the land challenges in Cameroon, the obstacles it encountered and what it …
Publication, 25 March 2024
Three women and a man sit on a bench.
Women claim their space in land governance
… would run for election for the leadership positions of its Community Land Development and Management Committee – the body responsible for making decisions on land management and use. Bluyema is nestled in thick forests along the … border where, like most tenure systems in Liberia, land rights are based on customary laws derived from local lineage-based …
Insight, 18 November 2021
Men and women stand in a ploughed field looking down at the turf.
Overcoming obstacles to women's land tenure security in Guinea
… projects emerging in the area and the resulting expropriation of land, the women in the group have seen their access to land threatened by overpopulation, speculation, infrastructure … women further exposed. An integrated approach to secure women's rights I co-founded the women's organisation Creativité et Développement …
Insight, 17 October 2022