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ON’s contribution of euro 30.000 to the second year of the existing Pan Africa land programme will replace the contribution of OIE (year 1) and will be spent on: 1) The design and commission of 4 country case studies on women’s land rights in Africa and on 2) Theprovision -by a senior land advisor- of strategic support to Oxfam’s Women Land Rights Advisor for analysis and engagement on initiatives that involve women’s land rights policy and indicators. Overall objective of ON’s contribution is to join forces with OUA and OGB to use the present Africa land programm as a means to grow a broader Oxfam land programme at AU level, taking advantage of existing opportunities.

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Community based pilot action for climate-resilient water resources development for life and livelihoods in Rod Kohi/Pachadh belt ofDistrict Rajanpur In Pakistan, spate irrigation covers about 8% of the total irrigated area. It is locally known as Rod Kohi in KPKprovince and Punjab province and Sailaba in the Balochistan province. Across the country, it is often generally referred to as flood irrigation. This kind of irrigation relies on the floods of the hill torrents, which are diverted into a plain area, locally knownas Damaan. In the indigenous systems, farmers divert the spate flow to their fields by constructing breachable earth bunds (called Gandas) across the hill stream and/or stone/gravel spurs leading towards the centre of the river. Spate irrigation farming system ofRod-Kohi areas is a unique system of farming being practiced in Piedmont plains of D.I. Khan (KPK), D.G. Khan and Rajanpur (Punjab), Dadu (Sindh) and in Sulaiman ranges, Kachhi plain, Kharan and Lasbela basins of Balochistan. Balochista has about 1.2 million ha of Sailaba irrigated land. In Punjab province, flash flood water is mainly harvested from Sulaiman mountain range. In KPK, minor spate flows occur in spring and the major floods occur in summer as a result of monsoon rainfall on the Sulaiman range and Lakki-Marwat hills during July and August. In these areas the major constraint is the use of flood flow which is highly variable in quantity and distribution, both in time and space. Annual rainfall is low and uncertain but brings large amount of water with each rainfall event. The agriculture of most of the areas of these regions is totally dependent on rainfall, although affected by flood with rainfall but most of the times remain without water. It is unfortunate that in spite of scarcity of water, major part of flood flows is lost due to mismanagement. The major problem is the unavailability of any kind of storage and modernized engineering structures, though lot of efforts and money were spent in order to control thetorrents flow floods and in humanitarian/relief operations but storage is never considered important. If the proper storage facility and modernized structures are provided in these areas then not only the flood is controlled but also the drought conditions can be mitigated and the crops which have very less yield due to the unavailability of water can be enhanced. The project, will build a knowledge base related to water sector especially water resource management through building facilities for utilizing perennial water from Darrah Kaha Sultan and attract the attention of the stakeholders to extremely water-stressed Rod Kohi belt of district Rajanpur which may be a turning point for these communities and Water Resources Management catalyzed by this initiative will revitalize the downtrodden communities again. 'Darrah Kaha Sultan', the major Rod Kohi outlet in the district located in Jampur tehsil, and its main perennial stream 'Alif Wah' with sub-streams is the main focus of the project. Project Objectives: OVERALL OBJECTIVE: # To enable the stakeholders for efficient water resources development for increased agricultural and livelihoods productivity in water-stressed Rod Kohi/Pachadh belt of District Rajanpur through developing knowledge base and evaluating pilot interventions SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: # To assist water-stressed communities of Rod Kohi belt of Rajanpur in pursuing their struggle for water rights and sustainable livelihoods through increasing land productivity # To evaluate the performanceof Rod Kohi/spate irrigation/water diversion system in District Rajanpur and identify innovative techniques for improving its performance and land productivity # To contribute in water resources development efforts of Government of Pakistan throughdeveloping irrigation water resources in Rod Kohi areas of District Rajanpur

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After two tumultuous years characterized by the occupation of the north of the country by armed groups , a coup , suspension of development aid and the deployment of French troops, African and UN in the country , Mali is turning point in the crisis. However, to do this , the Malian government has to face the consequences of bad governance over the past two decades and its impact the quality of services , including justice . Access to justice to resolve land disputes , domestic or criminal cases is essential for the development and the rule of law. Otherwise , corruption and lack of faith of citizens in their government may perpetuate insecurity and poverty . Obtain updated information on the quality , efficacy and user perceptions on justice servicesremains a major problem in almost all legal systems worldwide . Official statistics include the number and type of cases heard , or possibly on the duration of the trial, rather than on the quality or level of satisfaction of stakeholders. And policy makers often have to refer on surveys and ad hoc studies to assess the quality of these services. This poses a problem for the establishment of a judicial policy based on evidence and meet the needs of citizens. Thanks to an innovative approach to using ICTOxfam aims to fill this gap and enable citizens,particularly women , to give their views on the formal and informal legal services in real time , and identify problems and possible in order to improve their quality solutions. This data can also be usedto hold the government responsible for the poor quality orlack of services simply . Oxfam will build on its experience of other countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo to help put in place processes and mechanisms for communities and authorities of justice (police, gendarmerie, the paralegals , lawyers, magistrates , local authorities ) to establish a regular dialogue and institutional # for improving the quality of legal services , prevention of violations of human rights and ensuring justice for victims. The information collected through anonymous SMS and other channels as a basis for dialogue. The Empowerment of citizens in the area of justice in Mali " hereinafter called the Project" is based on decades of experience of Oxfam in Mali and elsewhere in support of civil society faire de awareness on human rights and women,the provision of essential services for vulnerable women , and a good remedy for violations of rights. Oxfam now wants to use his experience to build the capacity of citizens, especially women, to monitor the provision of legal services and direct dialogue with the authorities in order to improve these services . The project will build the experience of Oxfam and our partners and DemeSo WILDAF over the past fiveyears in the training of paralegals, the sensibilization communities to improve their knowledge of the justicesystem , and the deployment of mobile legal clinics rural communities. The project will also incorporate the lessons of research conducted by HiiL and set embodied by DemeSo WILDAF and the perception of justice. Advocacy for taxes of Extractive Industries