Opportunities

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Call for papers - November 2010 special issue on forestry and gender October 1, 2010
Call for proposals: USAID Kenya grants for Youth Activities November 26, 2010
Call for papers: ‘Global Land Grabbing’ International Academic Conference October 31, 2010
Call for proposals: IHEU-HIVOS 2010 grants September 1, 2010
Call for applications: SYNERGOS fellowships August 31, 2010
Call for proposals: Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights (KIOS) August 31, 2010
Vacancy Announcement for ILC Asia Regional Node Coordinator  August 20, 2010
Invitation to join CAPRi network on Environmental Conflict, Collective Action, and Resilience Open until filled
Call for applications: Early Career Fellowships Programme, Future Agriculture Consortium Open until filled
Development Innovation fund for Small and Medium CBOs and NGOs (DFID) Open until filled
Senior Staff Associate - Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Open until filled
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Global News

ActionAid’s Report on Women’s Access to Land

actionThe Action Aid’s Report “Her Mile. Women’s Rights and Access to Land. The last stretch of road to eradicate hunger” has been released in English. The report offers a quick but effective overview of the women’s work in the rural world, with a core section on women’s access to and control over land. The report attempts a first analysis of the disaggregated impact on women of the 2008 global food price crisis and the following multilateral and bilateral response, and identifies women’s empowerment - especially on land rights - as the key strategy to tackle food insecurity.

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Latin America News

ILC and Intercambios jointly launched a Bulletin on Women’s Access to Land

rimispA recent collaboration between ILC and RIMISP has resulted in a second edition of the InterCambios newsletter on women and land, more specifically, on the importance of access to land for women’s emancipation. The bullettin, available in Spanish, features 4 studies supported by ILC and carried out by members and partners in Latin America (including CINEP/Colombia, CISEPA-PUC/Peru, CEMCA/Mexico and Procasur/regional), as well as other important publications on the topic.

You can download here the Bulletin: La importancia del acceso a la tierra en la emancipación de las mujeres
You can also download the four studies supported by ILC from the website of ILC América Latina

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Asia News

Land Rights are Human Rights

pic_2by SDF - a land literacy manual

“a land literacy manual to make land rights campaigners aware of the land laws in India”

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Africa News

BULLETIN FONCIER

bulletinN° 002, Année 2010
Goma, République démocratique du Congo
Editorial “Le foncier, au coeur de la pacification et de la stabilisation pour le STAREC”
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N°03, Année 2010,
Goma, République démocratique du Congo
Editorial “L’accord tripartite devrait-il susciter des inquiétudes pour les chefs Terriens?”
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