Land & Gender

This Act makes provision with respect to the procedure of escheat of property, i.e.

This Act provides with respect to local government in accordance with section 187B of the Constitution, which requires an Organic Law to provide for, or make provision in respect of, the form and the manner of establishment of the Provincial Governments and the Local-level Governments.

These Rules, made under section 15 of the Administration of Estates of Persons of Unsound Mind, concerns the administration of estates of persons of unsound mind by an appointed manager. The Rules make provision with respect applications for administration, security for the administration of an estate, discharge of a manager, forms and fees.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the only international treaty specifically focused on preventing discrimination against women and explicitly dealing with rural women and their rights (Art. 14).

[via UN-HABITAT] How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs?

Despite progress on women’s rights, rights to land and security of tenure are not enjoyed equally by women and men in many parts of the world. This goes against international human rights, and also impacts negatively on households and the economy.

This Decree provides for the exemption from the agricultural land use tax in case of land assigned by the State to households and individuals for agricultural development, or belonging to farmer cooperatives whose land has been assigned for agricultural production, or for agricultural and forestry farmers which have been assigned lands for farming, in poor and less favoured areas.

Article 5 of the Law No. 214-1 on peasant farm acquires a new wording: «The plot of land of a peasant farm shall be inherited according to the modalities envisaged by the national legislation».

Conformément aux recommandations du Cadre Stratégique de Lutte Contre la Pauvreté (CSLP), la Mauritanie a élaboré la stratégie nationale de sécurité alimentaire aux horizons 2015 et vision 2030, à travers une approche inclusive et participative.

Confronté à la problématique d’une croissance soutenue depuis quelques années et d’une pauvreté stagnante, le Mali a élaboré un Programme National d’Action pour l’emploi en vue de réduire la pauvreté.

Le cadre stratégique pour la croissance et la réduction de la pauvreté (CSCRO 2012-2017) constitue la référence du Mali en matière de formulation et de la mise en œuvre des politiques économiques et sociales.

Dans le cadre de relever les défis majeurs qui persistent en matière de développement du capital humain, de consolidation de la gouvernance, de la croissance ainsi que d’autres préoccupations transversales telles que la préservation de l’environnement et la promotion du genre, le Burkina Faso a élaboré le Programme d’Actions du Gouvernement pour l’Emergence et le Développement Durable (PAGEDD)

A vue de concilier les nécessités de réformes structurelles et de redressement de l’économie avec les objectifs d’accroissement des revenus des pauvres et de transferts aux plus démunis, le Gouvernement Burkinabè a élaboré le Cadre Stratégique de Lutte contre la Pauvreté (CSLP).