In eastern Uganda, where land is governed by a customary land tenure system, women experience violence when claiming land rights. Trocaire is working with the Land Equity Movement of Uganda (LEMU) and Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organization (SOCADIDO) to respond to these challenges.
In South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Women for Women International and the Innovation and Training for Development and Peace are working together to gather the perspectives of 138 women, as well as male and female focus groups to change land rights norms.
Cette publication établit que ces modèles de VBG sont observés dans tous les contextes environnementaux, affectant la sécurité et le bien-être des nations, des communautés et des individus, et compromettant la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD). Bien que les liens entre VBG et questions environnementales soient complexes et se produisent à de multiples échelles, ces menaces aux droits humains et à la santé des écosystèmes ne sont pas insurmontables.
First report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor. She presents her priorities and working methods and offers a brief overview of her activities in the first weeks since she took up her role. She describes the change in working methods for herself, and for human rights defenders more generally, in the immediate term brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
In this video, IUCN, USAID, and other partners presenting AGENT research and key findings on linkages related to the access and control of land and natural resources, environmental pressures and threats and strategies for safeguards.
Academic article on property grabbing, a new form of gender-based violence (GBV) that is threatening the security of women across Southern and East Africa.
Academic article on the correlation between women’s property status and the risk of marital violence in India. Initial findings suggest that women’s ownership of immovable property, such as land or a house, provides economic and physical security, enhances self-esteem and well-being and significantly reduces the risk of marital violence.
Background paper that explores the evidence on women’s asset ownership and the factors associated with it. It discusses the relationship between women’s asset ownership and their well-being, including their decision-making power and intimate partner violence. It reviews laws and programmes that have been introduced to improve women’s asset ownership, the challenges that have emerged, and the possibilities for creating enabling environments for increased control and ownership of assets by rural women.
Publication providing guidance for lawmakers, policymakers, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to support the adoption and effective implementation of laws, policies and programmes to respect, protect and fulfil women’s rights to land and other productive resources. Women’s access to land and other productive resources is integrally linked to gender-based violence (GBV).
Based on desk research and qualitative interviews, this report seeks to further understanding on the correlation between gender-based violence (GBV) and housing, land and property and to highlight areas that may warrant further investigation.
