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Protecting the Land Tenure Security of Women in Ethiopia
What Works for Women?
By Kat Oak
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Enhancing Women’s Land Rights in the Americas
By Kat Oak
We are pleased to introduce our summer 2019 legal intern, Justin Loveland. A third-year student at Seattle University School of Law, Justin has helped us draft an international law practice guide, looked over translations of French and Spanish, and assisted in various research projects. He is currently based in Geneva, where he is working with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Land distribution is an issue innately tied to inequality throughout the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is considered the most unequal region in the world. This inequality ranges from wealth disparity and political corruption […]
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An Impressive Combination – Advocacy and Inclusive Education
By Kat Oak
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Findings from the Starting With Women Project in Uganda
By Kat Oak
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“A Segurança Fundiária das Mulheres: um Enquadramento Conceitual”, agora Disponível em Língua Portuguesa
By Kat Oak
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Dispatch From the Field: Starting With Women in Uganda
By Kat Oak
Inaugural Grantee Workshop Kicks off in Australia
By Kat Oak
During the first week of June we held our very first Research Consortium Women’s Land Rights Grantee Workshop. Held in Geelong, in the state of Victoria in Australia, a representative from each grantee group, the submission reviewers, and representatives from Resource Equity met for three days to share, learn, and challenge each other on the draft research papers that have been produced under this grant. It was a rare opportunity to dive deeply into substantive questions of what works to improve land rights for women, and what kinds of research can help us answer those questions. Although not every author […]
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Dr. Margaret Rugadya is Joining Our Team
By Kat Oak
We are excited to announce that Dr. Margaret Rugadya, Ph.D. is joining the Resource Equity team. Dr Rugadya comes to us from the Ford Foundation, and we are thrilled to welcome her. “Margaret brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with her. As a researcher, she will contribute a new perspective to Resource Equity.” – Renée Giovarelli With more than two decades of experience as a development practitioner, grant-maker and development and academic researcher, she is a leader in the area of land policy and gender equity with original contributions to the economics of gender, land, and resource tenure. […]
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Management of Land and Gender Related Challenges: Harbingers of Change
By Kat Oak
This article was originally published in PROPARCO magazine, PS&D (Private Sector and Development). Developing agroindustry entails changes in land use and ownership. Best land-related practices can help investors avoid harmful impacts on individuals (both women and men), households, and communities. Best practices can give a voice to those often precluded – especially women – from being heard and participating meaningfully in land deals. Plus, when investors need land expertise to implement best practices, civil society can often collaboratively offer the needed talent and local knowledge. Agro industrial development can involve transactions on vast tracts of land. Between 2000 and 2016, […]