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An overview of an advocacy workshop and program conducted by the Lao government on addressing gender issues in policy.

The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture,...

A policy brief on gender issues in the Lao PDR preapred as part of the Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote Greater Mekong Subregion Project.

An overview and analysis of the statistics on violence against women from the Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experience.

A presentation given by the NCAWMC providing analysis of the gender issues in the national budget and how to address shortcomings.

An overview of Australia's Stand Up Speak Out program, which encouraged male public figures in Laos to speak out against domestic violence and abuse.

An overview of SDG5: Gender Equality and descriptions of its targets and goals.

The international debate on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and...

A technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure

UNESCO together with UNICEF, the World Bank, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and UNHCR organized the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 – 22 May 2015,...

Plan of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Agriculture 2015

The page gives update information on Lao ethnic groups known as Lao highlanders or Lao Soung. Most Lao Soung grow upland rice, maize, and opium traditionally. Major ethnic...

Tribal Lao Tai live in the higher valleys and on the middle slopes of the mountains in northern Laos (and in adjacent areas of south-west China, north Thailand and north-west...

The page gives an overview of ethnic groups in Lao PDR. It distinguished ethnic groups into three categories geographic areas: Lao Loum, Lao Soung and Lao Theung.

The page offer information on Lao ethnic group: Lao Theung. Most Lao Theung are nomadic; they commonly live in upland areas. Originated from Mon-Khmer, they practice swidden...

Rice-based farming systems in Lao PDR— opportunities and challenges for food security

A handout that covers Lao law and treaties on women's rights and equality for ethnic groups.

The case studies find that with a value proposition for their forest products or services and a strong connection to social, environmental and economic values, community...

Agreement on the establishment of information centers in the area of the Center for Land Survey and Planning

The purpose of writing this case study is to learn and share lessons about local responsibilities. It may also make the localities with such a high quality, undetectable. After...