Les transactions foncières à grande échelle menées par les investisseurs étrangers dans les pays en développement -- aussi désignées sous le nom d’« accaparement des terres » -- ont suscité une attention considérable ; cependant on n’a pas assez prêté attention aux spécificités de genre dans ces transactions. Une approche tenant compte de l’égalité des >> Read more
¿Dónde está el género en el debate sobre acaparamiento de tierras?
Las transacciones de tierras de gran escala por parte de inversionistas extranjeros en los países en desarrollo –también conocidas como “acaparamiento de tierras”—han generado considerable atención; sin embargo, se ha prestado poca atención a la dimensión de género de estas transacciones. Una perspectiva de género es crítica para realmente entender el impacto de las transacciones >> Read more
Resource: Intl Land Coalition advocacy toolkit
Based on materials for capacity-building in ILC’s project "Securing Women's Access to Land: Linking Research and Action", carried out in Eastern and Southern Africa from 2007-2010, ILC has developed an advocacy toolbox split into two sections: one on planning, and one on tools that do not require financial resources, but rather, focus on sensitising the >> Read more
Opinion: Where is Gender in the Land Grab Debate?
Large-scale deals of land by foreign investors in developing countries--also referred to as ‘land grabs’-- have generated considerable attention; however little attention has been paid to the gender dimensions of these deals. A gender perspective is critical to truly understand the impact of land deals. Women and men have different social roles, rights and opportunities >> Read more
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Event (DC): “The Gender Implications of Large Scale Land Deals”
Abstract: Given the growing attention to large scale land deals (‘land grabs’), this paper strives to introduce a discussion of the gender dimensions of land deals into the debate. This paper addresses the current information gap on the differential gender effects of large scale land deals that apply in each phase large scale land deals, >> Read more
Resource: Toolkit for Integrating Gender-Related Issues in Land Policy and Administration Projects
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News: KENYA– A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
Suleiman Mbatiah NAIROBI, Nov 23 - Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
Resource: Women’s Access to Land in Southern and Eastern Africa
Participants from over 20 IDRC-funded research projects on gender and land in 14 African countries presented their work, including ILC project partners in the “Securing Women’s Access to Land: linking research and action” project in Eastern and Southern Africa. Presentations and summaries of projects presented at the Symposium can now be found on the IDRC >> Read more
PUBLICATION: Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
A new Research Working Paper from MICROCON: From the late 1980s to 2006, the northern region of Uganda underwent an armed conflict between the government of Uganda and the rebel group led by Joseph Kony. The conflict displaced virtually the entire population in the region, and by 1990 people were living in Internally Displaced Peoples’ >> Read more
