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A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.
Legal empowerment as action research
… iterative learning and doing highlights fundamental questions about what counts as evidence and who drives the agenda. Recognising these … They often also ignore major social differences within groups. For me, empowerment remains a useful notion because it places power at … often in the context of adverse economic integration – from land dispossession and worker exploitation to structural discrimination …
Insight, 11 January 2022
Two women sitting in a field
No room for manoeuvre: debt prevents investing in the future
… that average 1 to 1.5 acres per household. The main crops are maize (for home consumption), and groundnuts, soy beans, pigeon peas and … balancing economic, social and environmental objectives.  Here is what we learnt. Households have different capacities and constraints All … to a system where farmers make the decisions, taking an approach that works with nature rather than against it, depending less on artificial …
Article, 26 April 2020
Hundreds of homes are crammed together up the side of a hill
Q&A: Achieving housing rights for all: issues and recommendations
… ; Lajana Manandhar, executive director of the Lumanti Support Group for Shelter ; and Higor Rafael de Souza Carvalho, an urban planner and … team address four key questions raised by the webinar’s attendees: Q: What are the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on housing? To what extent can … the roles of the state and communities in urban housing and land-use management'  is now available. Email [email protected] if you …
Article, 22 October 2020
African women provide the majority of food production labor in the family, but do not necessarily own the land. Research has shown that ensuring land rights for women, such as these Kenyan farmers, can positively influence food security and economic development (Photo: Bonnie McClafferty/IFPRI, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
What women want
… tradition, in IIED's Legal Tools team, we have been reflecting on what women would propose in relation to their land rights. And, according to our research , it's not just the right to … in sub-Saharan Africa, has highlighted a lack of opportunities for women to be involved in key discussions that affect their …
Insight, 29 February 2016
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
… The latest in IIED’s biennial Barbara Ward Lecture  was scheduled for June 2020, with Rebeca Grynspan as the guest speaker. This latest in … advisor for climate change and development with Ireland DFAT, and what stood out for me was her commitment and self-drive," says Tracy. … – nominated by Maggie Banda, director of WOLREC, Malawi. “Kumvana works as a legal officer. She’s responsible for the socio-legal …
Article, 15 June 2020
A last-minute speaker change resulted in IIED participating in an all-male panel (or 'manel') at the UN climate summit (Photo: Anne Schulthess)
Missing voices: let's hear women's experience of climate change
Insight, 06 December 2017
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… researcher who has worked at the grassroots in the Himalayas in India for 20 years. Her work focuses on strengthening biological and cultural … rights over their resources and knowledge systems, and examining what ensures food and nutrition security in the face of factors such as … crop varieties and maintaining traditional systems of forest, land and water conservation. These practices are environmentally …
Article, 30 October 2018
Aerial view of informal housing.
Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?
… most effective way to improve housing conditions and basic services for low-income groups. The lack of local data presents a major stumbling … , examining different aspects of global urban change. Who needs what local data? For instance, to extend piped water supplies, data is … is often to address a particular local need – such as slum upgrading, land tenure, access to state entitlements (including pandemic-related …
Insight, 03 March 2022
Meeting of the Ogiek community of Sasimwani to review their draft by-laws (Photo: Namati/Jaron Vogelsang)
Using community by-laws to secure customary land rights in Kenya
… Indigenous and rural communities that use customary land tenure systems are among the least likely populations to have legal … of the Ogiek Peoples' Development Program , an NGO which campaigns for the rights of the indigenous forest dwellers Ogiek community in … webinar participants. The discussion addressed questions such as: What are the key features of the community by-laws process?  How can …
Event, 16 November 2018
Large-scale international investments in Cameroon have highlighted the importance of protecting the land rights of rural people (Photo: World Agroforestry Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Legal activism key to securing land rights in new investment phase
… local school's corrugated iron roof, a group of men and women debated what to do. Located not far from the town of Kribi, on Cameroon's … squeezed between two logging concessions. Years before, construction works for a major oil pipeline cut through village land. Now a company … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 28 March 2018