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Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure
… Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure A legal assessment tool ISSN 2413‐807X … can further encourage them to undertake land and other agricultural investments and to join producer … conomic empowerment and ultimately generate more productive agricultural systems. Requests from governments for …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender equality, in most settings … to be referred to as men, women now make up around 43% of agricultural workers in developing countries (Njie &Ndiaye, … addition, with international migration a feminisation of agricultural labour has occurred. As men migrate - either on …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… These include, among others, differences in relation to land and resource rights, possibilities for advancement at … gain access to valuable resources such as land, credit and agricultural inputs, technology, extension, train- ing and … uniformity Although women’s knowledge and contribution to agricultural production is substantial, it is, in general, …
Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems
… of new infrastructures pose a significant threat for agricultural and natural areas and, by extension, for the … to protection measures, and RECOGNIZING the role of the land-use matrix in the preservation of biodiversity and its … planning, environmental, health, social, cultural, agricultural) in order to foster and coordinate the operation …
Safeguarding the contribution of wild living resources and ecosystems to food security
… exert significant control over food commodities, agricultural inputs, and global markets; RECOGNIZING that … a lack of access to production inputs, support services, land, facilities and decision-making processes over the … the need to manage carefully the expansion of industrial agricultural land in such a way as to avoid compromising the …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance and … income-generating potential, noting the importance of the agricultural sector, particularly in developing countries, … and sustainable use of biological diversity in the agricultural sector. It promotes gender-specific ways in …
Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges
… Sites: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers as “Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to … faith groups, may also have longstanding relationships to land and sacred natural sites and may not be recognized as …
The human right to water and sanitation
… maintaining safe water supplies relies on the health of land and ecosystems and thus requires the integrated management of water, land and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of … attention to the integrated management of water resources, land and coastal ecosystems; and c. strengthen governance …