Amnesty International is an international organization that promotes human rights worldwide. Their Stop Violence Against Women campaign works to combat sexual violence and other forms of culturally-justified violence. Amnesty International has consistently worked with activists in Iran to...
Asma Barlas, is currently a professor of Politics as well as the director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity in Ithaca College, New York. Her research interests vary quite a bit and have changed over time.
To address the challenges faced by women in accessing their right to land and property and unite the global community in support of women’s land rights, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) launched the Global Center for Women’s Land Rights in 2009. RDI’s Center provides resources and training...
COHRE believes that securing women’s rights to housing and land is fundamental to improving women’s status and their lives. In order to secure women’s housing and land rights, COHRE believes that we must use a methodology and approach that recognises that gender-neutral forms of advocacy are not...
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs which exists to focus attention on chronic poverty. CPRC is undertaking specific policy analysis which seeks to examine potential gender related entry points for addressing...
Dimitra est un projet d'information et de communication participative qui contribue à améliorer la visibilité des populations rurales, particulièrement des femmes. Le but de Dimitra est de mettre en lumière les rôles en tant que producteurs et productrices des hommes et des femmes, pour que leurs...
International network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - page on women's land rights. Includes tools, articles and brochures, and regional lists of organisations and resources.
Online database produced by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contains Country level information on social, economic, political and cultural issues related to the gender inequalities embedded in land rights. Includes national legal framework, customary law, international...
A particular focus of HIC-SARP work is on promoting and protecting the equal rights of women to housing, land, property and inheritance. HIC-SARP aims to achieve its goals through advocacy, research, human rights education, and outreach through network building at local, national and international...
