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Africa’s groundbreaking women’s rights treaty turns 20 - the hits and misses of the Maputo protocol

Africa’s groundbreaking women’s rights treaty turns 20 - the hits and misses of the Maputo protocol
16 July 2023
2023 marks two decades since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) is arguably the most progressive legally binding instrument on women’s and human rights instruments globally. A total of 44 African countries have signed and ratified it.

Who owns the world’s land? Legislation to cement communities’ historic rights stalls

Who owns the world’s land? Legislation to cement communities’ historic rights stalls
15 July 2023
While land that is legally designated or owned by indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities worldwide between 2015 and 2020 has risen in acreage, in sub-Saharan Africa the opposite applies, says a report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI): It decreased by 2.4 million hectares (Mha) – from 9.6 percent of land across the 23 countries in Africa analysed as of 2015 to 9.4 percent of land across the same countries in 2020.

The role of metadata and open data in the innovation cycle of land administration

Reports & Research
March, 2023
Global

This publication discusses the importance of open data as a tool for inclusive land governance. It introduces and describes open data, land governance functions, and metadata. It provides an in-depth looks at AGROVOC, the controlled vocabulary about agriculture and related sciences coordinated by FAO for more than 40 years, and LandVoc, a sub-vocabulary dedicated to the land sector. Using these two examples, the article explores why structured metadata is integral for open data to support innovation and improvements in land administration.

State of Land Information Reports Unveil Insights on Botswana and Zambia

State of Land Information Reports Unveil Insights on Botswana and Zambia
04 July 2023

Two comprehensive State of Land Information (SOLI) reports have been released, providing in-depth assessments of the land data and information ecosystems in Botswana and Zambia. These reports examine the availability of land information and evaluate its compliance with open data standards. The findings highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each country's land information management practices and offer insights for targeted interventions.

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