Blog post: What role do local governance frameworks play in strengthening women’s voices in land governance?
Across East and West Africa, IIED and partners have been developing and testing approaches to strengthen women’s voices in local land governance. Philippine Sutz reflects on the role and impact of local governance frameworks as these approaches are… Read More
Research report: How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform: lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal
How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform: lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal This study and research report, by Philippe Lavigne Delville, Daouda Diagne and Camille Richebourg, examines how Senegalese CSOs operating… Read More
Arab Land Initiative: Women and Land
Women’s housing, land and property rights are catalyst to ensure the social and economic development of communities and increase food security. They contribute to the realisation and enjoyment of a broad range of human rights such as the… Read More
LANDac Discussion Starter UN FSS: “Centering Women’s Land Rights for Equitable Food Systems Transformation”
Centering Women’s Land Rights for Equitable Food Systems Transformation: A discussion starter on UN FSS Action Track 1: Safe and nutritious food for all As part of the Decade of Action, the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021… Read More
OPINION: Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?
Shipra Deo is Landesa’s director of women’s land rights in India, explores in this opinion piece in Thomson Reuters why tribal women in India are robbed of their land rights. When it comes to land ownership, India’s culture… Read More
Opening of 2 PhD positions at VUB and KU Leuven in the field of housing and neighborhood studies
Deadline for application: 3rd May 2021 For a new project on ‘Reconceptualizing the right to housing from a personal and neighborhood perspective’ Cosmopolis Centre of Urban Research of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and OSA Urbanism & Architecture of KU… Read More
Land MDPI Special Issue “Land Perspectives: People, Tenure, Planning, Tools, Space, and Health”
Efficient land (including water and forest) administration practices are required to achieve many global development agendas—e.g., land degradation neutrality, New Urban Agenda, COP21, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and COVID-19 or Coronavirus pandemic challenges. It also helps to create… Read More
Young Farmers Open Letter Contest
Young Farmers Open Letter Contest BACKGROUND In 2020, the consortium Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC) through the ASEAN Farmers’ Organisation Support Programme (AFOSP) – Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program (APFP) platform conducted… Read More
The Open City Initiative
The Open City Initiative is a new global network of transdisciplinary education, research, and societal partnerships. The focus is on issues related to cities as open frontier spaces that belong to everyone, and urban studies that are widely open to any… Read More
Posted: 22nd March 2021 by Coordinator
The Land Portal launches third annual land data stories contest
In honour of International Open Data Day, having taken place on March 6th, we would like to invite you to submit your data story to the Land Portal. Read more here below! Why submit a data story? Promoting your… Read More