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The words' World Bank Land Conference' in bold, stark lettering, over a pretty landscape.
IIED and ALIGN at the World Bank Land Conference
… The World Bank Land Conference 2024 takes place in Washington DC from 13-17 May. The conference is a key forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, … to a low-carbon future. Participants at these events will be asking what is driving investment priorities and choices, and will share how …
Event, 13 May 2024
People draw a map on a large piece of paper on the ground
Planning land use and access in Tanzania: women have their say
… In Tanzania, customary land rights are recognised in the Land Act and Village Land Act. Yet … rural communities’ land rights.  To improve land tenure security for rural communities, promote sustainable land use and reduce … − to join the activities. In terms of the logistics, we drew on what was established during previous work to support villages to adopt …
Insight, 06 October 2022
Man walks by a vegetable plot
Civil society improvements to land tenure governance in Guinea
… Guinea is hosting a growing number of large land-based investment projects in sectors such as mining, agriculture … own their land, and a land governance reform has been on the agenda for several decades. In this context, a consortium of 10 Guinean civil … are taken up in the law, and respect for international standards. What is IIED doing?  IIED’s law, economies and justice programme (LEJ) …
Project, 21 March 2023
Tea plantation with many people carrying baskets on their backs.
Legal empowerment with a gender lens: how women tea farmers in Malawi are claiming their rights
… in Malawi and the industry is one of the country’s biggest employers. For small-scale farmers, it is an important source of cash income. But … which inputs will optimise production, and to know how to negotiate what will work for their tea business. Women meanwhile assume … their knowledge is often perceived to be limited to how to work the land. Because of this, they are rarely skilled in negotiating – for …
Insight, 25 August 2022
People sitting around a u-shaped table
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 wellbeing of those who depend upon it. Yet for decades, Zambia lacked an adequate land policy framework (PDF)  to … statements and submissions to parliamentary committees on the NLP. What were the key outcomes for ZLA? The final 2021 National Lands policy …
Insight, 05 April 2023
Protesting people march holding a banner
Q&A: Successful social mobilisation for land rights in Nepal
… and generate income before evolving into a national movement for land reform. You know the history well; how did the work with social … compatible with being an organisation that attracts major funders and works with the Nepalese government?   JB:  CSRC believes in a … to link the climate change agenda with the land rights movement.  Q: What would you say to climate activists about the links between land …
Article, 28 February 2020
Women farmers in Dodel, in Northern Senegal, take a break by the water pump (Photo: Philippine Sutz/IIED)
Q&A: Getting women's land rights recognised
… Natural Resources research group . With commercial pressures on land having increased in Senegal and Tanzania over the past 15 years, … interview she examines legal reform and action to secure land rights for women in Senegal and Tanzania. Firstly, could you explain what's driving these pressures?  PS: Both countries have seen a surge in …
Article, 19 March 2018
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… from around the world to share their most successful strategies for supporting communities to protect their land rights.  Q: What can communities affected by large-scale land investment do to … I wanted to create a space where advocates could share 'what works' – and how, and why. So, I teamed up with International Land …
Article, 27 January 2020
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
Article, 03 June 2021
A group of women siting around a table.
Learning from each other: community groups share experiences across continents
… Although SDI (Slum Dwellers International) is primarily known for its work organising and mobilising women in informal settlements in … Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change. What has been achieved so far? Community Savers groups made amazing … of negative connotations in my community as their expansion had taken land where we used to have social housing and community facilities. …
Insight, 18 July 2022