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Bogor 2012: Workshop Report
Asia and the Pacific, Land Governance, Report, UNDP ProducedThis workshop report presents the outcome of the Participatory Governance Assessments Knowledge Exchange Meeting 17-18 April 2012, Bogor - Indonesia. The UN-REDD Programme is currently piloting four PGA pilots (Ecuador, Nigeria, Vietnam and Indonesia) which are in different stages of preparation and implementation. In our dialogue with the PGA practitioners and stakeholders, they have expressed...
Women’s Land and Property Rights in Situations of Conflict and Reconstruction
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, UN WomenWomen’s Land and Property Rights in Situations of Conflict and Reconstruction Author/Editor(s): Alfred Buregeya, Marguerite Garling, Jill Craig, Barbara Harrell-Bond (eds) Despite advances in human rights around the world, discrimination persists in the customary laws that regulate women's status in most traditional societies. This publication points in particular to the challenge of addressing...
Realising rights, protecting forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation: Case studies from the Accra Caucus
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyThe Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change is a network of southern and northern NGOs representing around 100 civil society and Indigenous Peoples' organizations from 38 countries, formed at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Accra, Ghana in 2008. The Caucus works to place the rights of indigenous and forest communities at the centre of...
Statistical evidence on social and economic exclusion in Nepal
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Land Governance, Report, Civil SocietyThis paper is a discourse on social exclusion in Nepal. It aims to identify statistically significant economic and social development differences between castes and ethnic groups. It reports on the changes in poverty levels and other human development indicators that have taken place during the conflict period. All indicators are disaggregated by caste and ethnic group,...
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyFirst UN publication on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics on poverty, health, education, employment, human rights, the environment and more. In the United States, a Native American is 600 times more likely to contract tuberculosis and 62 per cent more likely to commit suicide than the general population. In Australia, an indigenous...
Budget Advocacy for the Water and Sanitation Sector in Nepal
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Land Governance, Public Administration, Civil SocietyThis WaterAid publication offers not only a primer on budget, but also aims to equip civil society advocates with the necessary knowledge to help the poor and marginalised. It addresses the demand for the basic rights of and access to water and sanitation, while additionally adressing the skills to understand the underlying principles, processes and scope of budgeting from the formulation to...