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Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities

Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities.
Publication Date
Friday, May 31, 2019
Research in Action

Gender PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH

Action research seeks to improve land rights and governance

Participatory research mitigates the risks and burdens that vulnerable groups face due to loss of land.
Published date
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 11:00
News

Gender GENDER BASED VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The World Health Organization reports estimates that 35% of the world’s women and girls experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetime.
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 — which marks the first of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence and culminates with Human Rights Day on December 10 — advocates for greater awareness a
Published date
Friday, 23. November 2018 - 12:00
Grants and Awards

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Call for Proposals that support gender transformation through research

This call is open to organizations programming in low and middle income countries and promoting research focused on these countries.
Deadline
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 18:00
Studies

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Soluciones locales ganan terreno en el este de África

En Uganda, Tanzania y Kenia, la descentralización de
la administración de la tierra puede permitir una más
accesible solución de controversias y un mejor trato para
las mujeres. Sin embargo, los nuevos sistemas enfrentan
Published date
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
Reports

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Decentralised land administration and women's land rights in Uganda : an analysis of the legal regime, state institutional arrangements, and practice; research report

Despite formal legal recognition of women’s land rights, no government institution is mandated to protect women’s land rights or to ensure their legal implementation and enforcement.
Published date
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
Reports

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Summary report of the Seminar on Role of the Private Security Sector in African Conflicts, ISS Conference Room, Pretoria, 22 June 2009

Although the militaries of developing states are willing to assist in peacekeeping operations they do not have enough resources and are unlikely to be successful.
Published date
Friday, January 2, 2009 - 05:00
Perspectives

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Using research to improve access to justice around the world

In many countries in the developing world, people have little access to justice.
Project

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Involvement of the Private Security Sector in African Conflicts, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance Operations

In 2006, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) undertook a project entitled Regulation of the Private Security Sector in Africa that was supported by IDRC under project 103396.
Project

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Decentralization, Local Rights and the Construction of Women's Citizenship : a Comparative Study in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - Phase II

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have adopted new land laws, policies and institutional arrangements to accommodate decentralization of land administration and management.

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