Mauritania has built new spaces for inclusive dialogue on land tenure issues, bringing all stakeholders together, including women and youth, which is a remarkable achievement towards more inclusion and participation in the social-cultural context of the country, where especially women and youth often remain marginalized. Since 2016, the Government has initiated a transparent, inclusive and participatory land reform process in order to adapt its legal instruments to support food security and sustainable development of its rural territories.

Yet, the pastoral sector faces numerous challenges such as absence of developed pastoral areas and the weakness of the trans-border transhumance governance and management system; and lack of recognition of women and youth rights access to resources.

To help overcoming such challenges the project strives to reinforce the capacities of members of national and local multi stakeholders’ platforms. The project addresses in particular the scarcity of knowledge from the pastoralists and their organizations about the existing legal framework and policies affecting their livelihood; lack of participation of the pastoralist organizations in pastoral land management; limited representation of women and youth in decision-making bodies.

The project also concentrates on improving the inclusivity and functioning of transboundary transhumance committees to prevent or mitigate land related conflicts, through tailored capacity development activities and sensitization practices.

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