Women account for nearly half of the world’s farmers and grow much of our food —and yet their access to and control over productive land in many low and middle-income countries remains highly limited. At the same time, securing women’s land rights is linked to overwhelmingly positive social and economic outcomes for women’s households and for women themselves.
While all LEGEND outputs include gender-sensitive analysis of issues, certain outputs focused specifically on how gender interacts with land governance and land-based investment.
A global push for gender equality in land rights
Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2016
Global
This LEGEND bulletin focuses on gender in land governance, presenting highlights from recent research and taking stock of new initiatives.
LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 10
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2018
Global
This LEGEND bulletin explores early experiences and emerging lessons from four of these projects, and includes testimony from community members attesting to their positive results.
Evidence update 2: Gender, land and agricultural development in Africa
Reports & Research
October, 2016
Africa
This Evidence update builds on and nuances the conclusions drawn in DFID’s Topic Guide on Women’s Empowerment in a Changing Agricultural and Rural Context (Murray, 2015).
