NRC has now launched "Life Can Change: Securing housing, land and property rights for displaced women", a new report based on 15 years of operational experience as a provider of information, counseling and legal assistance in countries afflicted by conflict or recovering from it. This report represents NRC's first reflection of both the challenges faced by displaced women and the positive results that can be achieved through the provision of legal assistance in ways that support women.
You can find out more about the report here: http://womenshlp.nrc.no On this site you will also find the NRC country report as well as case studies, photos and videos.
The report was launched in Geneva to mark International Women's Day, http://womenshlp.nrc.no/2014/03/access-justice-displaced-women-nrc-launches-new-report-rights-housing-land-property/, and was presented at the World Bank's Land and Poverty Conference, http://womenshlp.nrc.no/2014/04/displaced-womens-rights-housing-land-property-discussed-world-bank-land-poverty-conference-2014/. This week, it will also be presented at the World Urban Forum.
The “Policy Directions: Housing, Land and Property Solutions to Resolve and Prevent Displacement” was developed by UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network with the financial su
Land and resource tenure reforms have long been instituted in the Philippines, manifesting a rights-based approach to poverty reduction and social equity.
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