LANDac | Blog Building Towards Ownership: Exploring the Role of a Community Land Trust in Sustainable Development
In this blog, Eva Labrujere explores how local knowledge and a community-based approach can provide a base for a strategic framework to guide sustainable development in Mathare Valley (Nairobi, Kenya). The developed integrative strategic framework aims to build towards overcoming… Read More
ASCL & LARC | Documentary screening on a mining conflict in KwaZulu-Natal: This land
The Land & Accountability Research Centre (LARC) at the University of Cape Town commissioned the vivid documentary film This Land as a way for rural people to bring the untold story of their struggle for rights and accountability on communal land… Read More
European Commission | EU Support to Responsible Land Governance – State of Play 2018
Secure access and use of land for men and women is crucial for sustainable development, food security and for a vibrant agricultural sector in support of inclusive socio-economic development. The brochure briefly presents how land governance is improving… Read More
ZOA | Making Land Rights Work: Land Rights Guidelines
Secure access to land and secure use of land, for housing, agricultural and other purposes is one of the cornerstones of making sustainable, positive development possible. As ZOA provides relief, hope and recovery to people impacted by conflicts… Read More
LANDac | Guatemala Blog Series #6: Land and the judiciary – an uncertain future
The sixth blog in our Guatemala Blog Series by Jur Schuurman is out: Last December I wrote that Guatemala “is going through a political and constitutional crisis that has everything to do with the struggle of certain sectors… Read More
Chiang Mai University | M.A in Social Science (Development Studies) Specialization in Land Issues
Want to work in Development? Looking for a career as a sustainability professional, social researcher, development specialist, humanitarian worker or policy maker? Interested in Land Issues? Start the journey down your career path with a Master of Arts… Read More
World Bank | Seeking NGOs, governments, donors, and private sector firms with interventions to improve women’s land tenure security
The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is seeking NGOs, governments, donors, and private sector firms with interventions designed to improve women’s land tenure security in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Submission deadline: 5pm US Eastern Standard Time… Read More
Women’s Land Rights | Malawi: Empowering women to claim and demand their land rights (video)
In partnership with LANDac’s ‘Scaling up women’s land rights in Africa’ action research programme, Oxfam in Malawi partnered with Landnet to build capacity of women smallholder farmers to claim and demand their land rights. The project was implemented… Read More
Planetary Security Conference | 19-20 February 2019, The Hague
Climate change affects human security and can increase conflict risk. This issue gained prominence on high level international diplomatic and security policy agendas. Yet still more needs to be done to address risks on the ground. The Planetary… Read More
Last Updated: 25th September 2019 by Coordinator
University of Edinburgh | European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)
Africa: Connections and Disruptions In 2019, the University of Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies will host the 8th European Conference on African Studies, Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus. It will take place in… Read More