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Organization for research on gender and land rights in Uganda.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 12Escalating Land Conflicts in Uganda
Includes landlord-tenant relations, the Kibaale land question, pastoralists, gazetted land, IDPs and returnees in Northern Uganda, conflicts about refugee resettlement camps, the impact of oil discoveries, deficits in dispute resolution and land administration, corruption, ignorance of the law.
Natural Resource Rights and Biodiversity Protection: Guidelines for Policy and Strategies to strengthen Local Governance Systems
Includes conceptualising property rights in natural resources; importance of property rights in natural resource management; policy and administrative approaches for devolving property rights; strengthening local governance to manage and enforce property rights to natural resources.
Unveiling Gender, Land and Property Rights in post-conflict Northern Uganda
Reviews key gender issues that need addressing re IDP return and the resumption of livelihoods in the recovery of post-conflict Northern Uganda. Reveals the inadequacies in policy and law in addressing gender and land issues.
Final Report on the Integrated Study on Land and Family Justice
Report is in 3 parts: literature review findings, field study findings, recommendations. Divided into land justice and family justice and concludes by defining strategic interventions for the Justice, Law and Order Sector. Finds a dominant preference for disputes to be resolved at the lowest level possible, that lack of legal aid remains a big hindrance to access to justice, and that the conflict-affected districts of Lango, Acholi, Karamoja and Teso deserve special attention as a matter of urgency to resolve emerging land disputes and conflicts.
HIV/AIDS in Uganda’s National Land Policy
Highlights the conceptual linkages between HIV and AIDS, productivity, and land-tenure security. Points out the transitional effects of the epidemic on household asset endowment. Checklist of issues and considerations for analysis of HIV and AIDS on land tenure and use in PSIA (Poverty Social Impact Assessment) undertakings based on survey evidence and a specific site study on systematic demarcation in Rukarango, Ntungamo District.