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Women’s right to land is the foundation for a better tomorrow
9 March 2023
Secure land rights for women and girls are linked to increased women’s leadership and autonomy, enhanced economic opportunities, better social security, safety and dignified societal standing.
Indigenous women weaving knowledge for resilience
16 November 2022
Powerful indigenous women, guardians of the forests and ancestral knowledge of Africa, Mesoamerica and the Colombian Amazon and Brazil, joined their voices at the event “Indigenous Women: Weaving the climate change agenda towards a sustainable future” to make an urgent call to stop the violence…
At CoP27, 41 grassroots women’s organizations launch new Global South Alliance for Indigenous and local women and girls
15 November 2022
At CoP27, 41 grassroots women’s organizations launch new Global South Alliance for Indigenous and local women and girls
Projects
Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest: Kenya
Durationaab: January 2010 - January 2014
Value: $490,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The Enhancing Customary Justice Systems in the Mau Forest (Justice) Project piloted an approach for improving women’s access to customary justice, particularly related to women’s land rights, by enhancing the customary justice system in one target area. The work also resulted in a clearer understand
Evaluation Research and Communication: Global
Durationaab: January 2013 - January 2018
Value: $18,800,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The purpose of the Evaluation, Research and Communication (ERC) project is to create, expand, and communicate the results of evidence-based knowledge around best land tenure and property rights practices in order to enhance internal USAID and external USG learning, guide program design and implemen
Kosovo Property Rights Program
Durationaab: January 2014 - January 2018
Value: $8,343,070.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
The rule of law in Kosovo is constrained by poorly defined and enforced property rights, especially the property rights of women and members of minority communities. The absence of an effective property rights regime weakens democratic governance, impacts human rights, disempowers women and impedes
Safeguarding livelihoods of women baobab harvesters through improved land and natural resources governance
Durationaab: October 2016 - March 2019
Value: £221,184.00
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The project supported women in 14 communities incorporating 23 villages across two Districs in Northern Mozambique to get secure access to land/trees and an improved income from those trees. The Project achieved this by: obtaining secure access rights to Baobab trees through the development of natur
Geographic information for environment, climate change and EU integration (LAKI II)
Durationaab: January 2013 - April 2017
Value: $10,832,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
The project has the general objective of increasing the capacity of ANCPI in the implementation of the EU Directive on the harmonization and sharing of geographic information domestically and internationally and will be implemented in partnership with the Norwegian Mapping Authority and Registers Ic
Moldova Cadastre System
Durationaab: January 2012 - December 2017
Value: $2,768,000.00
Donors: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Property Registration system, coooperation with the national bureau for statistics
Data Story: What makes and breaks achieving women's tenure security
8 March 2023
Celebrating Women's International Day, we take a tour to Sierra Leone and put our lens on specific factors that affect women's perception of being insecured in their lands. This data story is based on fresh data from partner organisations Green Scenery, Resource Equity and the University of…
Taking Data Back: Women’s Sovereignty over Land Data
30 March 2023
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The day aims to celebrate women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education. It will also explore the impact of the digital gender…
