Date and Time: January 28th from 3:00-4:30 PM CET (9:00-10:30 ET)
Thursday, February 18, 2021, 10:00-11:30 AM ET (4:00-5:30 PM CET)
Statistical data aggregated from trusted providers
Searchable library of open access publications
Sign up to contribute content & subscribe to the newsletter!
A controlled vocabulary and powerful tool for making data and information more discoverable.
An easy-to-use tool for bringing together and visualizing statistical and geospatial data related to land issues.
China is now the world’s second largest economy and has seen over the last years the adaptation of a centrally planned economy to allow for private enterprise and capital. This shift is mirrored in its formal land tenure, repesented by a dual system with state-owned land in urban areas, and farmer collective-owned land in rural areas.
Land is an essential source of livelihood for a majority of Sierra Leoneans. Most of Sierra Leone’s population lives in rural areas and it’s GDP is largely based on agriculture. The three main livelihood activities surveyed in the 2015 population and housing census are crop farming, animal husbandry and fishery, which depend largely on access to and ownership of land. Smallholders mostly cultivate rice, cassava, cocoa, coffee, cashew, groundnut, palm oil, vegetables and other fruit trees.
With the expansion of cities and urban infrastructure comes a growing need to better understand the relationship between people and land in urban and peri-urban areas.
From large land acquisitions that displace communities without due compensation, to the encroachment of mining on indigenous lands, to the brunt of climate change and natural disasters, to everyday land and property deprivation by kin or state, women are typically more harshly impacted by land tenure insecurity due to discriminatory laws and lingering social bias.
Learn more about common challenges concerning Land & Gender.
