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Governing Land for Women and Men

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 28,2 MB

Release : 2018-10-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9251074038

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Book Description

Gender equality is one of the ten core principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. This guide aims to assist in its implementation through the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure. The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men. Gender-equitable governance of land tenure ensures that women and men can participate equally in their relationships to land, through both formal institutions and informal arrangements for land administration and management. The guide provides advice on mechanisms, strategies and actions that can be adopted to improve gender equity in the processes, institutions and activities of land tenure governance.



Land Governance and Gender

Author : Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

Publisher : Cabi

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,34 MB

Release : 2022

Category : Agriculture and state

ISBN : 9781789247671

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Book Description

"This book offers conceptual and empirical studies of land governance, focusing on land management approaches, land policy issues, advances in pro-poor land tenure, and land-based gender concerns. Topics include "Creating new understandings," "Exploring alternative approaches for land management and land tenure," "Viewing vistas of tenure experiences across the globe," and "Stretching the gender perspectives""--



Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 30,68 MB

Release : 2018-10-03

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9251072779

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The guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations.The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests. They provide guidance for improving the policy, legal and organizational frameworks that regulate tenure rights; for enhancing the transparency and administration of tenure systems; and for strengthening the capacities and operations of public bodies, private sector enterprises, civil society organizations and people concerned with tenure and its governance.The guidelines place the governance of tenure within the context of national food security, and are intended to contribute to the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development.





A Field of One's Own

Author : Bina Agarwal

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 600 pages

File Size : 34,92 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780521429269

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An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property.



Governing Property, Making the Modern State

Author : Martha Mundy

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 23,39 MB

Release : 2007-01-26

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0857713027

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Book Description

Was 'modernity' in the Middle East merely imported piecemeal from the West? Did Ottoman society really consist of islands of sophistication in a sea of tribal conservatism, as has so often been claimed? In this groundbreaking new book, Martha Mundy and Richard Saumarez Smith draw on over a decade of primary source research to argue that, contrary to such stereotypes, a distinctively Ottoman process of modernisation was achieved by the end of the nineteenth century with great social consequences for all who lived through it. Modernisation touched women as intimately as men: the authors' careful work explores the impact of Ottoman legal reforms, such as granting women equal rights to land. Mundy and Saumarez Smith have painstakingly recreated a picture of such processes through both new archival material and the testimony of surviving witnesses to the period. This book will not only affect the way we look at Ottoman society, it will change our understanding of the relationship between East, West and modernity.



Gender in Local Government

Author : Prabha Khosla

Publisher :

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 47,52 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Case studies

ISBN :

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"This sourcebook aims at providing local governments with the tools to better understand the importance of gender in the decision-making process and to reach better solutions for the communities they serve. For this publication the following key issues of local governance have been selected: participation in local government, land rights, urban planning, service provision, local government financing, violence against women and local economic development. Each of these issues is introduced by a brief gender analysis. Numerous case studies illustrate what local governments can do. Reflection questions and training exercises help trainers to develop successful training events. [...] [The manual] is designed as a companion to other UN-HABITAT training tools, providing local government trainers with the background and tested training methods they need to strengthen the gender dimension in their day-to-day training activities. The source book may also be used as a stand-alone tool, introducing local governments to gender issues and their importance for local government policy-making and project implementation." -- P. iv.





Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa

Author : Sanja Kelly

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Page : 606 pages

File Size : 25,17 MB

Release : 2010-07-16

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1442203978

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Book Description

Freedom HouseOs innovative publication WomenOs Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance analyzes the status of women in the region, with a special focus on the gains and setbacks for womenOs rights since the first edition was released in 2005. The study presents a comparative evaluation of conditions for women in 17 countries and one territory: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (Palestinian Authority and Israeli-Occupied Territories), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The publication identifies the causes and consequences of gender inequality in the Middle East, and provides concrete recommendations for national and international policymakers and implementers. Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. The project has been embraced as a resource not only by international players like the United Nations and the World Bank, but also by regional womenOs rights organizations, individual activists, scholars, and governments worldwide. WomenOs rights in each country are assessed in five key areas: (1) Nondiscrimination and Access to Justice; (2) Autonomy, Security, and Freedom of the Person; (3) Economic Rights and Equal Opportunity; (4) Political Rights and Civic Voice; and (5) Social and Cultural Rights. The methodology is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the study results are presented through a set of numerical scores and analytical narrative reports.



Governance, Institutions and the Human Condition

Author : W. Gachenga

Publisher : African Books Collective

Page : 373 pages

File Size : 27,91 MB

Release : 2009-12-29

Category : Law

ISBN : 9966031731

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Strathmore University organised the Fifth Annual Ethics Conference on Governance, Institutions and the Human Condition. Research papers were presented in four sessions, corresponding to four key milestones in the crisis that almost tore Kenya apart in January - February 2008: Constitutional law, Institutions, Education and the Land Issue. This book compiles the papers presented at the Conference by outstanding scholars and renowned personalities.