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Date: 24 Apr

Time (GMT +01): 17:00 18:30

 Thu, May 15 2025, 12:30 - 2pm, GMT+1

Millions of pastoralists in drylands depend on livestock for their survival. Yet conflict, climate change, and poor access to animal health services (AHS) threaten their way of life. Women play a crucial but often overlooked role in livestock management, facing barriers in time, mobility, and decision-making.  

We are pleased to announce the first of an upcoming India Land and Development Conference (ILDC) Regional Workshops to be held on 30th and 31st May 2025 at Ashirvad, 69, St Marks Road, Bengaluru.

These workshops will focus on two deeply important themes:

Organised every three years by the International Land Coalition, the 10th edition will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the European Union in Colombia and the Centre for Research and Popular Education (CINEP), alongside a National Organising Committee of sixty Colombia-based organisations.

In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented laws related to land, climate, and sustainable development. This new law transforms communities’ ability to protect their land rights and pursue sustainable development. This webinar will discuss the processes, the experiences, the challenges, and the context of this new law, highlighting the new responsibilities in Sierra Leone.

This  webinar begins at 2:30 pm GMT (4:30 pm Western Europe time, 11:30 am Brazilian time, 8:00 pm IST) on zoom, with live translations in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Indigenous people, local communities and family farmers play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests. Lands and forests managed by indigenous people and local communities have lower deforesta- tion rates, a higher carbon storage potential and a higher biodiversity than other lands, including protected areas.

How can formalization of collectively held land rights secure women’s rights?