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Why wait for the state? : using the CFS Tenure Guidelines to recalibrate the political-legal terrain in struggles for human rights and democratic control of land, fisheries and forests

Grassroots organizations do not need to wait for the state to implement Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Tenure Guidelines or TGs).
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 - 05:00
Papers

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Using the tenure guidelines for action research : a primer

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Sunday, July 2, 2017 - 04:00
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Toolkit for participatory action research

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Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 04:00
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Bottom-up accountability initiatives and large scale land acquisition in sub-saharan Africa : project synthesis report

Undemocratic politics, policy making and law making interpretation and implementation, prove to be drivers of land grabbing in the four country studies presented here.
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 04:00
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Building bottom-up accountability in an era of land grabbing in sub-saharan Africa : policy points and recommendations from Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and South Africa

This policy brief outlines recommendations resulting from a three-year action research programme undertaken by civil society organizations in collaboration with threatened communities of smallholder farmers and fishers.
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2017
Papers

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Bottom-up accountability initiatives to claim tenure rights in sub-saharan Africa : country report on South Africa

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Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 04:00
Reports

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Bottom-up accountability initiatives and large scale land acquisition in sub-saharan Africa : final technical report

Understanding and interpretation of the CFS/FAO Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines or TGs) is a key factor in communities’ capabilities for collective action, especially through the
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Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 04:00
Studies

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Au Malawi et au Cameroun, le progrès passe par des mentalités nouvelles

Dans de nombreux pays africains, les femmes ont le droit légal de posséder des terres, mais cela ne signifie pas grand-chose dans les régions où prédomine le droit coutumier.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
Studies

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New attitudes key to progress in Malawi, Cameroon

Women in many African countries have a legal right to
own land, but this often means little in areas where
“customary law” prevails. As a result, researchers in two
countries have come to believe that women’s security
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Women, land and customary law

The objective is to record current living customary law and ways in which it is moving in progressive directions so that this information can be used towards justice, as evidence in court cases, and in policy development and political engagement f
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00