Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 15)
CELEP Update March 2020
The CELEP Update March 2020 reports on past, ongoing and planned activities coordinated by CELEP through the European Focal Point at VSF-Belgium and the Eastern African Focal Point at RECONCILE in Kenya. This 3-page issue brings information on, amongst other things, CELEP involvement in the Kenya Pastoralists Week in December 2019 and CELEP’s co-signing of […]
Context analysis of pastoralism & agropastoralism in Ethiopia
As a contribution to further development of the Draft Policy and Strategy Framework of the Ethiopian Ministry of Federal and Pastoral Development Affairs (MoFPDA), Mercy Corps commissioned the SEGEL Research Training and Consulting PLC to analyse the context of pastoralism and agropastoralism in the country. The “Context analysis of pastoral and agropastoral areas to enrich […]
Pastoralist women’s rights & leadership forums in Tanzania
In an effort to open up opportunities for pastoralist women to secure their access to land, the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC), Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) and Maliasili Initiatives (MI) are involved in a project “Advancing the Rights of Pastoral Women in Tanzania” in Maasai communities in northern Tanzania. The ILRI Rangelands Research Report 3 […]
Uganda–Kenya Cross-border agreement for the Karamoja cluster
In mid-September 2019, the Presidents of Uganda and Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Kenya–Uganda (Turkana/West Pokot – Karamoja) cross-border programme for sustainable peace and socio-economic transformation for the Karamoja cluster. The draft MoU for the joint cross-border initiative can be found here and the joint workplan 2019–23 for the implementation […]
IYRP promoted at pastoralism conference in Burkina Faso
At the Conference on Pastoralism and Rangelands Restoration on 19-20 June 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tezera Getahun from Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia (PFE) – a member of the IYRP Support Group and member of the CELEP Core Group – presented the call for a United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). He explained […]