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   Women’s land rights: Customary rules and formal laws in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia – complementary or in conflict?

   Reports & Research

   July, 2021

   Ethiopia

   Land & Gender

   land administration

   gender equity

   gender equity in access to land

   customary law

   pastoral lands

   agropastoral systems

   land rights

   customary land rights

   customary tenure

   pastoral land rights

   women

   Land in Ethiopia is held by the state, who acts as a custodian for the Ethiopian people. Even though it is the state which controls land ownership, farmers and pastoralists are guaranteed a lifetime ‘holding’ right that provides rights to use the land, rent it out, donate, inherit and sharecrop it. Everything except sell and mortgage it. On paper and under existing formal laws, women have equal rights to men as far as use and control of and access to land is concerned.

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   Webinar Report: The Role of Land Certification in Securing Women's Land Rights on Collective Lands

   Reports & Research

   January, 2020

   Ethiopia, Uganda, Peru, Indonesia

   Land & Gender

   collective ownership

   customary land rights

   customary tenure

   formal tenure

   gender equity in access to land

   land titling

   tenure security

   women

   Evidence shows that women can benefit from having individualised land rights formalized in their names. However, similar evidence is not available for formalization of land rights that are based on collective tenure. Studies have estimated that as much as 65 percent of the world’s land is held under customary, collective-tenure systems. Improving tenure security for land held collectively has been shown to improve resource management and to support self-determination of indigenous groups.

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   Land Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

   Reports & Research

   September, 2019

   Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana

   Land & Corruption

   compulsory acquisitions

   customary land rights

   customary law

   customary tenure

   eviction

   gender equity in access to land

   land conflicts

   land dispute

   land dispute resolution

   land inheritance rights

   legal empowerment

   marital property rights

   women

   From July 17 to August 7, 2019, the Land Portal Foundation, the African Land Policy Center, GIZ and Transparency International Chapters in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda co-facilitated the dialogue Land Corruption in Africa addressing the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its Impact on women’s land rights and an analysis of alternative dispute resolution systems in addressing land corruption.

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   Mind the Gap

   Bridging the Divide between Land Policy and Practice. Securing women’s land rights through engendering the formalization process of customary land tenure in Uganda: Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children’s welfare

   Conference Papers & Reports

   March, 2016

   Africa, Uganda

   Land & Gender

   advocacy

   customary land rights

   customary tenure

   gender equity in access to land

   land access

   land law

   The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda is one of the most gender sensitive constitutions in the world, with clear provisions for promoting and protecting the rights of women. This is also the case in relation to women’s land rights – the Constitution clearly vests land in the people of Uganda, including the rights of women to own and inherit land. Other land laws, including the Land Act, recognize and uphold women’s rights to land as individuals, and as part of a family or community.