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Till to tiller: International migration, remittances and land rights in West Africa

Also in French (Français)

Migrants are important to development and poverty reduction in their home countries. For many countries the levels of remittances from relatives abroad exceed...

Time for Change: Reforming Sudan’s Legislation on Rape and Sexual Violence

This Position Paper is published by REDRESS and KCHRED as part of the Criminal Law Reform Project in Sudan. It has been prepared in response to a number of well documented challenges in respect of how allegations of rape and other forms of sexual violence are handled in Sudan. These challenges...

To have and to hold: Women's Property and Inheritance Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Does women's lack of property rights increases household poverty and their vulnerability to HIV infection? Would securing these rights mitigate the impoverishing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic? This paper seeks to answer these questions and
Traditional chiefs and modern land tenure law in Niger
Traditional marriage practices as determinants of women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of research based on research by Jean-Philippe Platteau, Anita Abraham, Frederic Gaspart, and Luc Stevens

This article looks at land tenure systems as well as changes in traditional marriage institutions and social security in Senegal and Burkina Faso and argues that it is crucial that women’s social security and bargaining power within the traditional institutions be preserved while introducing new...

Trafficking in Persons in Afghanistan: Field Survey Report

This report discusses issues of forced marriage, selling and enslaving women (trafficking), and using women and girls as dispute settlements within the framework of socially acceptable practices (bad) in Afghanistan.

Training Kit: Prevention and Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation among Immigrants in Europe

This is a training kit that provides steps to addressing FGM amongst immigrant families in Europe. It also provides case studies of girls affected by the practice in different countries. 

Training package on land, property and housing rights in the Muslim World

Over 20 percent of the world’s population is influenced to varying degrees by Islamic principles, which intersect customary, informal and statutory land laws. Despite their relevance, global land reviews and interventions rarely consider the application of Islamic land principles.

UN, Islam, land and property research series: Habitat Position papers 1 – 6

The six position papers are part of eight position papers produced as part of a series on Islam, land and property, accompanied by a database, with proposed strategies which could enhance the knowledge and augment the capacity of UN-HABITAT and its partners to work more effectively in Muslim...

US AID Sudan Property Rights Programme
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Sudan Property Rights Programme (SPRP) is working with Southern Sudan Land Commission (SSLC) to develop a land policy for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The policy will be based upon an extensive programme of public...