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Lands Act, 2021 (1964).

An Act made to amend and consolidate the Lands Act.

Legislation
Nepal, Asia, Southern Asia
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land dispute resolution
gender equity in access to land
land ownership
land law
The Act consists of 11 Chapters divided into 64 articles: Preliminary (I); Abolition of Jimidari (II); Ceilings of Land (III); Acquisition of Land in Excess of Upper Ceiling (IV); Compensation (V); Sale and Disposal of Land (VI); Provisions Relating to Tenant (VII); Provisions on Rent (VIII); Provisions on Compulsory Saving and Debt (IX); Provisions Relating to Land-Use, Control of Land Fragmentation and Plotting (Chaklabandi) (IXA); Authorities and Procedures (X); Miscellaneous (XI).This Act abolishes the Jimidari system for the collection of land taxes.
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Indigenous Peoples Rights Act 1997 (Republic Act No. 8371 of 1997).

An Act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, establishing implementing mechanisms, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes.

Legislation
Philippines, South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
farmland
customary law
land registration
land inheritance rights
cadastres
land law
land dispute resolution
gender equity in access to land
land ownership
The Act makes provision for the promotion and recognition of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs), with a view to preserve their culture, traditions and institutions and to ensure the equal protection and non-discrimination of members.
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Land Act, 1999 (No. 4 of 1999).

An Act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land, the management of land, settlement of disputes and related matters.

Legislation
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
natural resources management
land registration
fisheries
cadastres
gender equity in access to land
land law
land dispute resolution
leases
An Act to provide for the administration of land and land tenure in Tanzania.The 187 sections of this Act are divided into 14 Parts: Preliminary provisions (I); Fundamental principles of land policy (II); Classification and tenure of land (III); Administration (IV); Rights and incidents of land occupation (V); Granted rights of occupancy VI); Conversion of interests in land (VII); Disposition affecting land (VIII); Leases (IX); Mortgages (X); Easements and analogous rights (XII); Co-occupancy and partition (XIII); Dispute settlement (XIV).Section 23 sets out the fundamental principles of Na
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Village Land Act, 1999.

An Act to provide for the management and administration of land in villages, and for related matters.

Legislation
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land dispute resolution
public ownership
gender equity in access to land
customary law
pastoralists
This Act consists of 66 sections divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary provisions (I); Application of fundamental principles of the National Land Policy (II); Transfers and hazard land (III); Village lands (IV); Dispute settlement (V); Miscellaneous provisions (VI). The President may transfer any area of village land to general or reserved land for public interest (sect. 4). Village land transfer shall not be transferred until the type, amount and timing of the payment of compensation has been agreed upon. The Minister may declare any area of a village land to be hazard land.
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Chapter 1 of Title 24 of the Chuuk State Code - Tide Lands.

Legislation
Micronesia, Oceania
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
coastal areas
land management
customary law
land ownership
This Chapter concerns the procedures for the application for a permit “to excavate, fill or borrow” tidelands, defines traditional and customary rights of the people of the Chuuk State in respect of tidelands and the granting of (ownership) rights in respect of such land by the State to people of Chuuk. Tidelands within the meaning of the Chuuk Constitution are those marine lands from the shore to the face of the reef that are shallow enough for traditional fishing activity by women.
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Governing Land for Women and Men

Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural Resources

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Global
VGGT
gender equity in access to land
land governance
The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure means from a gender perspective and identifies and analyses key issues and themes. It then summarises recommendations relevant to gender before drawing some conclusions for the development process of the Voluntary Guidelines.
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From Being Property of Men to Becoming Equal Owners? Early Impacts of Land Registration and Certification on Women in Southern Ethiopia

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Ethiopia
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land rights
property law
Traditionally, the land tenure system in Southern Ethiopia may be characterised by patrilineal inheritance and virilocal residence. Young girls have very little influence over when and whom to marry. Further, they have to go to a husband that their clan or family has identified for them, meaning that they after marriage move to the home of their new husband and inherit no land from their parents. Bride prices and dowries are commonly used, and girls are seen as the property of the husband and his clan. This also implies that if the husband dies, his wife is still the property of his clan.
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Land Tenure, Gender and Globalisation

Research and Analysis from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2010
Cameroon
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
forestry
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land grabbing
land rights
women

Drawing from field research in Cameroon, Ghana, Viet Nam, and the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, this book explores the relationship between gender and land, revealing the workings of global capital and of people’s responses to it.
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Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2007
Global
gender equity in access to land
land governance
women
This book explores the meanings of gender justice and the practice of citizenship as shaped by context-specific histories, cultures and struggles. It presents a conceptual framework and provides four regional perspectives and a guideline for development programs. The section on Sub-Saharan Africa in particular focuses on the the definition of citizenship in the female experience as more than simply a formal relationship between the individual and the State, but also involving her position in a family, a community and an ethnic group.
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Women’s equal rights to housing, land and property in international law

International Conventions or Treaties
January, 2006
Global
Land & Gender
Urban Tenure
gender equity in access to land
land rights
property law
women
[From UN-Habitat] Women’s equal rights to adequate housing, land and property are well elaborated under international human rights law but are often elusive in practice. This document is a reference guide to international human rights standards identifying both the substance of women’s rights as well as the commitments made by States with regard to improving women’s rights to adequate housing, land and property.