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The gender gap in land rights

Institutional & promotional materials
March, 2018
Bangladesh, Nigeria, Peru, Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Honduras, Uganda, Tanzania, Ecuador, Cambodia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Burundi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Haiti, Mexico, Vietnam
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
land tenure
land rights
landowners
land ownership
women
For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows that secure land tenure is strongly associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture – and therefore with higher incomes and greater economic wellbeing. Secure land rights for women are often correlated with better outcomes for them and their families, including greater bargaining power at household and community levels, better child nutrition and lower levels of gender-based violence.
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Responsible Governance of Land Tenure: an essential factor for the realization of the Right to Food

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname, Northern America, United States of America, Asia, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Europe
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
VGGT
land administration
land governance
food security
land policies
land reform
land-use planning
land management
forest land
land use
land
natural resources management
land markets
land economics
land transfers
land tax
land rights
land tenure
land ownership
Land Tenure Working Paper 15. This publication brings to light the existing linkages between land tenure and the realization of the right to food. It points out that responsible governance of land requires the adoption of human rights-based approach in order to develop coherent and long term solutions to improve people’s livelihoods. The document presents the legal implications of the right to food at national level and provides a series of examples on the implementation of human rights principles and obligations into land tenure systems, policies, and institutional frameworks.
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Making the most of agricultural investment

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Honduras, United States of America, Kenya, Mali, United Kingdom, Ghana, Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Colombia, Mozambique, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, Malawi, Madagascar, Italy, Netherlands, Argentina, India, Vietnam, Brazil
land governance
farmland
land use
land administration
land economics
land rights
land access
right of access
land management
land tenure
landowners
land ownership
land
Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in agricultural investment. In many cases, this new momentum has translated into large-scale acquisitions of farmland in lower- and middle-income countries. Partly as a result of sustained media attention, these acquisitions have triggered lively if polarised debates about “land grabbing”. Less attention has been paid, however, to alternative ways of structuring agricultural investments that do not involve large-scale land acquisitions.
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Qeverisja e Tokës për Gratë dhe Burrat

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Honduras, Rwanda, Zambia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Australia, Vietnam, Malawi, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nepal, South Africa, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Tajikistan, Kenya
land governance
land rights
land ownership
land tenure
Ky udhëzues teknik për Qeverisjen e tokës për gratë dhe burrat synon të ndihmojë në vënien në jetë të “Udhëzimeve vullnetare për qeveris-jen e përgjegjshme të të drejtave mbi tokën, burimet e peshkimit dhe pyjet në kuadër të sigurisë ushqimore kombëtare” (FAO, 2012b) për-mes ofrimit të orientimeve që mbështetin parimin e barazisë gjinore lidhur me qeverisjen e të drejtave mbi tokën të mishëruar në Udhëzimet. Në krye të çdo moduli, bëhet lidhja me dispozitat përkatëse të Udhëzimeve.
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Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Australia, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Uruguay, Tanzania, Senegal, Sudan, Cameroon, Norway, Kenya, Africa
property rights
land registration
land rights
land access
rural development
private ownership
land tenure
landowners
land ownership
Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits.
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Report of the FAO/OXFAM GB Wokshop on Women's Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa

Reports & Research
December, 2003
Angola, Switzerland, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Ireland, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Africa
property rights
land governance
land tenure
private ownership
land ownership
women
The report summarises the papers, presentations and discussions of a workshop on failures and achievements at securing women’s land rights. In particular, it addresses the following issues: Land rights and legal reforms,legal aid and land administration practice, women's land rights in an HIV/AIDS context,women's land rights from a food security and livelihoods context. Organised by the FAO and Oxfam, the workshop seeks to establish global and multi-sectoral alliances and multiple strategies as a means of breaking out of the present impasse in this matter.
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Report on the Symposium on Legal Aspects of Large Scale Investments in Land: Implications for Food Security and Rural Development

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Angola, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China, Ghana, Ethiopia, Niger, Malawi, Thailand, Mozambique, Liberia, Japan, South Africa, Vietnam, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Argentina, India, Uganda, Brazil
property rights
land governance
land tenure
rural development
private ownership
land ownership
The Symposium on Legal Aspects of Large Scale Investments in Land: Implications for Food Security and Rural Development was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on March 4th 2011. The Symposium was co-hosted by FAO and the World Food Law Institute at Howard University School of Law.
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Beyond ownership: tracking progress on women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infographic

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Niger, Ethiopia, Southern Africa
land rights
land ownership
Ensuring equal rights in ownership and control over land for women and men is essential to achieve gender equality (SDG5) and eliminate poverty (SDG1).
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حوكمة حيازة الأراضي من أجل المرأة والرجل

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Rwanda, Zambia, Samoa, Ghana, Malawi, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nepal, South Africa, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Italy, India, Tajikistan, Uganda, Kenya
land governance
land rights
land ownership
land tenure
المساواة بين الجنسين هي أحد المبادئ الأساسية العشرة للخطوط التوجيهية الطوعية بشأن الحوكمة المسؤولة لحيازة الأراضي ومصايد الأسماك والغابات في سياق الأمن الغذائي الوطني. ويهدف هذا الدليل إلى المساعدة على تنفيذ هذا المبدأ عن طريق تحقيق حوكمة حيازة الأراضي حوكمةً مسؤولةً منصفةً لكلا الجنسين. ويركّز الدليل على تحقيق الإنصاف وعلى الكيفية التي يمكن بها حوكمة حيازة الأراضي بطرق تلبّي الاحتياجات والأولويات المختلفة للمرأة والرجل.
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Children's Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Angola, Rwanda, Zambia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Congo, Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Tanzania, Botswana, Norway, Kenya, Africa
private ownership
land governance
property rights
land ownership
land tenure
The present paper – the third in the HIV/AIDS Programme Working Paper Series – is based on field research conducted by two grassroots organizations – CINDI-Kitwe in Zambia and GROOTS Kenya in Kenya to map out and document cases of property grabbing from children, in particular those who became orphans due to AIDS. It is intended to explore methods which grassroots organizations use or can use to document their work.