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Realizing women’s land rights in Africa and Beyond

A Webinar Report

Reports & Research
April, 2019
Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, India
Land & Gender
agriculture
farmers
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights
marital property rights
property
property law
property rights
state property
women
In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a campaign of the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) to reach the target of having 30 percent of all registered land in the name of women by 2025 and to embed women’s land rights into the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Expropriation Bill [B4D-2015]: adoption, with Deputy Minister present; Government debt owed to municipalities: payment progress report by DPW

Legislation & Policies
May, 2016
South Africa
Land Conflicts
expropriation
land dispute
farmers
property
property law
public ownership
The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges from 20 days to 30 days, if land which had been expropriated is subject to municipal rates.
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Extension of Security Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: briefing by Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

Legislation & Policies
October, 2015
South Africa
land reform
rural development
tenure security
eviction
property
farmers
farming systems
compensation
rural population
local communities
property law
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), addressed the Committee on the motivation for the amendments to the Extension of security of tenure (land) Amendment Bill, saying the fundamental resolve was to overcome decades of hardship in South Africa. Its redress was not about obsolete political stories, but about the creation of just opportunities.
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Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya : Unleashing the Power of Women

May, 2012
Kenya
advocacy
capacity development
compensation
customary law
farmers
land ownership
land rights
property law
property rights
urban areas
This report examines the legal,
administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing
women in Kenya from contributing fully to the Kenyan
economy. Building on the 2004 Foreign Investment and
Advisory Service (FIAS) report, "Improving the
Commercial Legal Framework and Removing Administrative and
Regulatory Barriers to Investment," this study looks at
the bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a
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Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria - Publication - IFPRI

Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Nigeria
Land & Investments
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Case of study - Tanzania (FAO, 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Africa
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Northern Tanzania (2013)

For early reports, see FAO’s Corporate Document Repository
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Cases of study - Ghana (FAO 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

January, 2013
Ghana, Western Africa
Land & Investments
farmers
local communities
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
research
Agricultural investments create risks as well as opportunities, for instance The Case Study of Integrated Tamale Fruit Company (2013) In recent years, Ghana has witnessed increased interest from private companies in developing agricultural investments. This trend is common to many lower/middle income countries.
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Gender and equity implications of land-related investments - Case of study - Zambia (FAO 2013)

Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Southern Africa
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
capacity development
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
In recent years, Zambia has witnessed increased interest from private investors in acquiring land for agriculture. As elsewhere, large-scale land acquisitions are often accompanied with promises of capital investments to build infrastructure, bring new technologies and know-how, create employment, and improve market access, among other benefits

A Case Study of Selected Agricultural Investments in Zambia (2013)
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Agricultural change, land, and violence in Darfur

We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Central African Republic
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
pastoralists
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
agriculture
land grabbing
property law
extractive industries
forestry
common property
fisheries
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
land markets
food security
climate change
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
research
desertification
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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Focus on Land in Africa: Ghana Lesson Brief, Land Administration at a Crossroads

Focus on Land in Africa: Ghana Lesson Brief, Land Administration at a Crossroads

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Africa
farmers
local communities
pastoralists
landlessness
land rights
agriculture
property law
rural development
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
This lesson brief discusses projects developed to reinvigorate the process of land registration formalization in peri-urban Ghana, their impacts, and the risks of unintended consequences for women, pastorlaists and the poor if their rights are explicitly taken into account.