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ARD: Land Tenure and Property Rights Community of Practice — by USAID — last modified 2007-10-17 13:02

The demand to address property rights issues is increasing from both United States Agency for International Development (USAID) field missions and host country governments. The increase in demand is due, in part, to a growing awareness among development practitioners of the role played by property rights (and natural resources access and use) in economic growth, governance, and conflict and resource management. USAID and its partners have learned several important lessons from the last decade of research and policy work in regards to the relationship between property rights and economic growth, productivity, natural resource management and conflict....

STUDY ON WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: PROJECT BEST PRACTICES — by Renee Giovarelli — last modified 2008-04-29 20:34

OCTOBER 2006. There is a significant gap in knowledge of how projects aimed at land tenure and property rights reform affect women’s rights to land. This study focused on a set of recent and existing land projects and how they dealt with gender. The results are based on a review of project literature, as well as interviews with project personnel and donor project managers. The outcomes are presented within the context of a “project cycle” of preparation/design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. To the degree possible, they are also couched in how successful projects were at incorporating the socio-cultural context in which they occurred. The analysis presented here contains elements of successful projects that have strengthened women’s access to and control over land.

See also... Democracy and Governance / Justice (Property Rights, Land Tenure and Access to Resources) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:07

 

Save the Children — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-06-03 03:09

Save the Children fights for children's rights. It delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide .

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 16:47

UNDEF was established in July 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund. Its primary purpose is to support democratization throughout the world. UNDEF will finance projects that build and strengthen democratic institutions, promote human rights, and ensure the participation of all groups in democratic processes.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 14:50

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 14:50

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic areas: (1) reducing feminized poverty, (2) ending violence against women, (3) reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls, and (4) achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 16:00

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.

World Bank Indigenous Peoples — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 16:16

Indigenous Peoples are a significant and important portion of humanity. Their heritage, their ways of life, their stewardship of this planet, and their cosmological insights are an invaluable treasure house for us all. The World Bank is honored to be working worldwide with Indigenous Peoples in global dialog and in development projects. The World Bank aims to promote Indigenous Peoples' development in a manner which ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and uniqueness of Indigenous Peoples.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 18:04

The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. According to its mandate, the Permanent Forum will: * provide expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through the Council * raise awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system * prepare and disseminate information on indigenous issues

IUCN: Indigeous & Local Communities, Equity, and Protected Area (CEESP) — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-04-05 13:33

The Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity, and Protected Areas (TILCEPA), was set up in 2000 by the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) . The TILCEPA seeks the full and effective recognition of the rights and responsibilities of local communities in the development and implementation of conservation policies and strategies that affect the lands, waters and other natural and cultural resources that they relate to.

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 16:43

UNFIP provides a "one-stop" service for partnership opportunities with the UN family. Established by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in March 1998, the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) was set up as an autonomous trust fund, headed by an Executive Director and operating under the leadership of the UN Deputy Secretary-General. UNFIP collaborates with UNF to encourage greater private sector investment in the development and implementation of innovative, high-impact initiatives, campaigns and projects on the ground to achieve the MDGs in four priority areas: 1. Children’s Health; 2. Population and Women (focus on adolescent girls); 3. Environment (biodiversity, energy and climate change); and 4. Peace and Security, and Human Rights.

Link to - NRIC host - Seminar - USAID Poverty Reduction and NRM — by webadmin — last modified 2006-12-01 04:01

USAID EGAT Bureau Office of Natural Resources Management hosted a cross-sectoral seminar series, in October 2005 to explore the links between natural resource management and poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries. Experts from both within and outside USAID shared their knowledge and tools for understanding the complex role that wise natural resource management plays in reducing poverty. The seminars explored the conflicts and barriers to improving the livelihoods of the poor, and ways of assisting them with both improving their immediate standard of living and ensuring a sustainable future. The series presented eight seminars organized around the following topics: (1) Links beteen NRM & Poverty? (2) Power and Social Dimensions; (3) Assests, Poverty Traps & Rights; (4) Markets, Trade and Poverty Reduction; (5) Migrations and Marginal Lands; (6) Macro/National Level Issues; (7) Programmatic Issues & Tools; and (8) Conflict, Corruption, NRM & Poverty Reduction. MOVED TO THE FOLDER "NATURAL RESOURCES, PROTECTED AREA AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT" UNDER "ENVIRONMENT" IN THE NEW LIBRARY

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Minorities — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-12-04 22:22

Minorities

Indigenous Peoples and Cultures — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-12-04 22:23

Indigenous Peoples and Cultures