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Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

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Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team partnered with INTPA.G.1 and provides three best practices of the EU-funded "Regreening Africa".

Ghana
Niger
Mali
+5
Kenya
Ethiopia
Senegal
Somalia
Rwanda
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Land management
+5
Environment & green economy
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
Women's empowerment

Protéger les civils en temps de guerre avec la force militaire conjointe du G5 Sahel : de la théorie à la pratique

Article
Voices & Views

Pour la protection des populations civiles, il est crucial que les troupes déployées dans les zones de guerre respectent le droit international des droits de l'homme (DIDH), le droit international humanitaire (DIH) et le droit des...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Protecting civilians in war with the G5 Sahel joint military force: from theory to practice

Article
Voices & Views

For the protection of civilian populations, it is crucial that troops deployed in war zones respect International Human Rights Law (IHRL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Refugee Law (IRL). This is...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Migration management: One year on from the launch of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection & Reintegration

Article
Voices & Views

With over 3,500 migrants rescued from the desert and 15,000 assisted in returning home from dire situations across the Central Mediterranean routes, the first year of the EU-IOM joint initiative has yielded substantive results...

Africa
Libya
Burkina Faso
+12
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
Chad
Humanitarian Aid
Protection
Relief co-ordination, protection and support services
+7
Migration & Forced Displacement
Smuggling of Migrants & Trafficking in human beings
Legal pathways
Migration dialogues
Migration policy
Refugees
South-South migration

A Delegation Perspective on Implementing the GAP

Article
Voices & Views

One year into the EU’s second Gender Action Plan (GAP), which stepped up ambitions to make all the EU’s external action gender-sensitive, what is happening on the ground?

Africa
Cabo Verde
Democratic Republic of the Congo
+3
Lesotho
Asia
Afghanistan
Gender

Eliminating Corruption to Enable Development

Article
Voices & Views

Corruption ranges from bribery to collusion to straightforward theft, but as envelopes of cash evolve into more sophisticated mechanisms, efforts to prevent corruption and build transparency must keep up. “We see new forms of...

Asia
Afghanistan
Maldives
+1
Europe
Governance & Corruption

The Land-Drugs Nexus

Article
Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries

Transformative Change through Social Protection?

Article
Voices & Views

A study of five social protection projects in South Asia has found they struggled to create transformative change, and were unable to tackle the persistent discrimination driving poverty and social exclusion.

Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
+2
India
Nepal
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion

Anti-corruption reforms in Afghanistan. What does the research tell us?

Article
Voices & Views

A leading Afghanistan expert provided key advice related to aid delivery and institutional support in Afghanistan at a conference named “Corruption in Afghanistan: What do we know, how do we go forward?” held in Brussels at the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Protecting Water Resources in the Niger River Basin

Article
Voices & Views

The ACP-EU Water Facility is one of the key results of the European Union Water Initiative, an international political initiative in place since 2002. Andre Liebaert, Water Policy Officer at EuropeAid, highlights important themes...

Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
+5
Guinea
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Cameroon
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene