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------Original message------ From: IRIN <[email protected]> To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 6:00:50 PM GMT-0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 673 8 March 2013 IRINnews logo <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Table of contents 1. Understanding resilience 2. Despite hype, insurance not key to resilience for farmers 3. Giving communities a voice in resilience 4. Briefing: Land reform key to Kenya's future 5. Briefing: Militias in Masisi 6. In Kenya, information strengthens pastoralists' resilience 7. South Sudan's gender gap still too wide _____ Understanding resilience <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97584> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109190842460718t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - No one working in the aid community in recent years could have avoided the buzzword "resilience" - but what does the term mean practically, and how has it helped shape action on the ground? Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97584> _____ Despite hype, insurance not key to resilience for farmers <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97592> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201107270758180715t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 5 March 2013 (IRIN) - In most developing countries, farmers risk losing their crops and livestock to droughts or floods, and the recent intensity of these climatic shocks has been record-setting. As the losses from these events mount, the developing world has been turning to the experiences of the richer nations in transferring risk through mechanisms like insurance. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97592> _____ Giving communities a voice in resilience <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97595> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2007/200709123t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 5 March 2013 (IRIN) - Contrary to popular belief, most rural communities facing recurrent climate shocks learn to adapt, using their own resources and knowledge. Yet many international aid programmes have outside "experts" craft interventions without the involvement of those they seek to help. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97595> _____ Briefing: Land reform key to Kenya's future <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97599> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201302281437180342t.jpg> NAKURU, 5 March 2013 (IRIN) - Land-related grievances were among the underlying causes of the violence that followed Kenya's disputed presidential election results in 2007. Some communities, such as those in the worst-affected Rift Valley Province, invaded land that did not legally belong to them but which they perceived to be their birthright. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97599> _____ Briefing: Militias in Masisi <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97602> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303061047170615t.jpg> MASISI, 6 March 2013 (IRIN) - The process of integrating armed groups into the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army, FARDC, has stalled again amid heavy fighting at a base where hundreds of combatants had assembled. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97602> _____ In Kenya, information strengthens pastoralists' resilience <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97603> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201110241301570923t.jpg> ISIOLO, 6 March 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate access to information, such as weather forecasts, has hampered Kenyan pastoralists' ability to respond and adapt to climate change, experts say. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97603> _____ South Sudan's gender gap still too wide <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97616> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303071354430616t.jpg> RUMBEK, LAKES STATE, 8 March 2013 (IRIN) - Years after the end of South Sudan's war with Sudan, the country's women still find themselves on the front line - this time, battling abuse, child marriage, and a dowry system that commodifies them from birth. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97616> _____ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | RSS feeds News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN <http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors <http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2013. 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