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Woman holding a hoe in a field.
Women’s land rights: it's more complex than just tenure
… Efforts to strengthen women's land rights in sub-Saharan Africa for the last few decades have been dominated by systematic registration through individual or joint land titling. However, this one-size-fits-all approach isn't quite … Land acquisitions and rights … Women’s land rights: it's more complex than just tenure …
News, 18 August 2021
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Zambia’s chiefs champion gender equality in land and natural resource governance
… Zambian land is governed through statutory and customary systems. Under the … system, the Zambian Constitution states that men and women have equal rights under the law, and the 2014 National Gender Policy gives … do not extend to one of the most valuable assets that Zambia has: its land, and in particular customary land, which represents between 60% and …
Insight, 06 September 2021
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Women and land in Senegal: promoting inclusive and participatory governance
… remain in the minority or even absent from strategic and operational land governance bodies at ‘commune’ level. Furthermore, the legal … excluding women and other marginalised groups from taking part in land governance. In recent years, civil society organisations have … rural communities to develop tools for participatory and inclusive land governance which aim to increase the number of women involved in …
Publication, 15 February 2023
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Far Away From Home: exploring city responses to refugees
… has more than doubled, exceeding 122 million . Persecution, human rights violations, conflict and climate change have driven millions from … Land acquisitions and rights …
Event, 12 February 2025
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Why simple solutions won’t secure African women’s land rights
Publication, 19 July 2021
Local community in Guinea attending to field.
Recognising and protecting family farming in Guinea: a successful advocacy journey
… important implications for family farming, such as the fight against land grabbing. The inclusion of these provisions reflects the commitment … of Civil Society Organisations for the Defence of Community Rights (CODEC) – organised a series of consultations at local and … supporting CODEC  to achieve progressive policy reforms that improve land tenure and resource governance. The aim of the consultations was to …
Insight, 09 September 2024
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What do we mean when we talk about justice?
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 11 July 2024
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Resolving land-related conflicts through dialogue: Lessons from the outskirts of a protected area in Cameroon
… In Cameroon, land invested in for agriculture, natural resource extraction and … In addition to the impact on biodiversity, the acquisition of such land often results in a loss of land use rights for local communities who depend on the land, without sufficient … Land acquisitions and rights … Resolving land-related conflicts through dialogue: Lessons from the outskirts of a …
Publication, 05 December 2020
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Land reforms in Guinea: challenges and prospects for the recognition of legitimate rights
Publication, 25 March 2021
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Civil society organisations are key to creating better land policies: lessons from Zambia
… Life itself is dependent on land. It contributes to the cultural, social, political and economic … those who depend upon it. Yet for decades, Zambia lacked an adequate land policy framework (PDF)  to regulate land tenure or protect land rights. To address this, the process for formulating the first ever land …
Insight, 05 April 2023