"This manual is intended to be a practical learning aid and helpful reference guide for community-based paralegals and organizations running community-based paralegal programs."
Record Country: Multiple Countries
Power and Potential: A Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Regulations Concerning Women’s Rights to Community Forests
Violence Against Women and Girls Resource Guide: Land Sector Brief
"This brief highlights the intersections between land programs/projects and violence against women and girls (VAWG) while providing recommendations for policy, institutional and community level interventions that may address VAWG or the underlying norms and attitudes that contribute to the use of violence against women. We hope Task Teams take time to read this short brief, along with the resource guide introduction. We hope to see more project related activities or components related to the prevention or response to VAWG within our land operations in the future and hope this resource give you a starting point for considering this development challenge affecting […]
Understanding Gender Relations in the Land Discourse
Compiled and edited by Sunila Singh & Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Indigenous Peoples and local communities land rights toolkit
"This toolkit gathers together information on ten tools that have been successfully used by members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) to promote, protect and strengthen indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ land rights. It is intended to facilitate mutual learning based on the good practices of specific ILC members."
State of Land Rights and Land Governance in Eight Asian Countries
"Taking off from previous initiatives of the Land Watch Asia Campaign, this book discusses key issues in access to land and tenurial security for small farmers, rural women, indigenous peoples and other rural sectors in eight Asian countries. It also analyses the mechanisms needed for responsible land governance and the resolution of growing land conflicts."
Intimate Partner Violence and Land Toolkit
This toolkit from USAID "addresses activities and projects that USAID staff may design to strengthen and secure land tenure, property rights and land governance in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. The Toolkit is one of several gender-based violence (GBV) Toolkits that USAID has developed to address concerns related to GBV in other sectors including, but not limited to, Economic Growth, Energy and Infrastructure, Monitoring and Evaluation and the Rule of Law."
Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
"The general objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between land distribution and economic development. The specific objectives are to: (i) identify which land distribution programs/activities contribute to economic development; (ii) investigate the role of stakeholders in land distribution programs that affect the growth of productivity; and (iii) assess the deficiencies of current land distribution policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore how economic development theories contribute to decreasing income inequality. "
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in the Extractive Sector
OECD provides practical guidance to mining, oil and gas enterprises in addressing the challenges related to stakeholder engagement.
The role of women in agriculture
ESA Working Paper No. 11-02