Women are Pivotal to Addressing Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty
The 16th of October marks World Food Day, a reminder to the international community of the criticality of treating food security as a 21st Century priority if sustainable development, peace and security and the realisation of human rights are to be achieved.
Securing Land Rights in Africa
By Frank Pichel, Interim CEO & Chief Programs Officer, Cadasta Foundation
Across the continent, insecure rights to land are robbing millions of financial stability and long-term prosperity. While new technology is giving people the tools to define what’s theirs, governments must recognize that certainty of ownership is a prerequisite of sustainable development.
Achieving SDGs through land rights (tenure security) for women
Land in Tanzania is a scarce resource without which life cannot be sustained (FAO, 2007), and it is “increasingly recognized as an important governance issue” around the global (Palmer et al., 2009, p.1). Hundreds of millions of people including farmers, herders, forest dwellers and agro-industries all rely on land resources for their survival.
Land and the SDGs: Key takeaways from the 2017 HLPF and what we need to do next
By Luca Chinotti, Global Policy Advisor, International Land Coalition (ILC)
Without People-Centred Land Governance, governments will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fact, if we fail to secure and protect land rights, for those who live on and from the land, it will be impossible...
No SDGs without major progress on land
Tier II Status Looms on GLII’s Road to Manama 2017 – Reclassifying the Land Indicators
By Jamal Browne
Since the adoption of the global indicator framework by the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) back in March 2016, significant progress has been made on a set of tenure-related indicators – familiarly referred to as the ‘land indicators’ – primarily through the efforts of the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII).
Q&A: Madhu Sarin on strengthening women’s land rights in India
By Madhu Sarin, Fellow of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Q: What is required to strengthen women’s land and community forest rights in practice in India?
Colombia's challenge: addressing land inequality and consolidating peace
By Stephanie Burgos, Oxfam America, Government Affairs Associate Director for Latin America, Land Rights and Trade
Colombia has the most unequal distribution of land in Latin America, yet equitable access to land is a decisive factor for consolidating peace in Colombia.