Policy papers

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON SMALL-SCALE FARMING, FOOD SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA

A number of actions have indeed been put in place by governments as an immediate response to COVID-19 and the effects it is having on the population, which is to be applauded. Across the continent, agricultural inputs and livestock feed are being distributed to support food and pastoral production...

Our search for peace

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peace making through the Comprehensive Peace...

Unlocking sustainable development in Africa by addressing unpaid care and domestic work

This brief focuses on the specific barriers that UCDW creates for sustainable development in Africa. It explains how investing in quality, accessible and affordable public services and infrastructure in Africa can address heavy and unequal UCDW and unlock progress across multiple Sustainable...

A Joint communique on the 17th African Ministerial Conference on Environment and Natural Resources.

This week, South Africa hosts the 17th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) under the theme: “Taking action for Environment Sustainability and Prosperity in Africa” at the Olive Convention Centre, Durban in South Africa. The meeting began on the 11th and...

Training of Trainers Module on Gender Sensitive Community Engagement in Large Scale Land based Investments in Agriculture

A civil society consortium comprising Oxfam, Plateforme Régionale des Organisations Paysannes d’Afrique Centrale (PROPAC) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) (the Consortium) has developed this four-day Training of Trainers module on the use of tools that provide...