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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Adopted at the 16th plenary meeting, on 15 September 1995, at the Fourth World Conference on Women "Action for Equality, Development and Peace"

UN Resolutions
January, 1996
Global
women
gender equity in access to land
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

An international bill of rights for women

International Conventions or Treaties
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the only international treaty specifically focused on preventing discrimination against women and explicitly dealing with rural women and their rights (Art. 14). On 18 December 1979, the Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it.
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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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Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Women and Customary Land Rights

Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Women and Customary Land Rights

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Africa
Land & Investments
local communities
women
landlessness
land rights
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
gender equity in access to land
environment
This lesson brief explores the struggles women face in benefiting from their customary rights. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool.
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Reconciling Living Customary Law and Democratic Decentralisation to Ensure Women's Land Rights Security

PLAAS Policy Brief 32

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2010
South Africa
women
land rights
land policies
gender equity in access to land
The recent Constitutional Court judgment rendering the Communal Land Rights Act (CLARA) unconstitutional (Tongoane and Others v Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs and Others) must not be allowed to throw decentralisation policy making into disarray. Decentralisation holds much potential for lively, participatory democratic law making and enforcement, through which rural women can gain greater power and secure more rights.
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Indigenous Women’s Rights And The African Human Rights System: A Toolkit On Mechanisms

Trousse d'information sur les droits des femmes autochtones

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2015
Africa
gender equity in access to land
advocacy
legal empowerment
Indigenous Peoples
women

The toolkit has been created in order to introduce indigenous women, and the organisations which represent them, to the African system of human and peoples' rights. It highlights the different routes available to ensuring that the rights of indigenous women are valued and taken into account by the African Commission.

The toolkit is comprised of 11 Information Notes:
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Women’s Inheritance and Property Rights: A Vehicle to Accelerate Progress Towards the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals - Paper N. 13

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Global
land rights
property law
legal empowerment
gender equity in access to land
Strengthening women's inheritance and property rights can be an effective means of decreasing poverty and increasing gender equality, and thereby accelerating progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This paper presents two case studies from Rwanda and Ethiopia to illustrate the potential impact that advocacy, legislative reform and law enforcement in this area can have on the achievement of the MDGs in developing countries.
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Women’s Inheritance and Property Rights: A Vehicle to Accelerate Progress Towards the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals - Paper N. 13

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Ethiopia
women
land rights
property law
legal empowerment
gender equity in access to land
Strengthening women's inheritance and property rights can be an effective means of decreasing poverty and increasing gender equality, and thereby accelerating progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This paper presents two case studies from Rwanda and Ethiopia to illustrate the potential impact that advocacy, legislative reform and law enforcement in this area can have on the achievement of the MDGs in developing countries.
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Gender Implications of Large-Scale Land Deals

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Global
Land & Investments
women
land rights
land grabbing
gender equity in access to land
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Women's Empowerment in Pastoral Societies

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Global
women
pastoralists
land rights
gender equity in access to land
When reading about women in pastoral societies it is common to find reference to their marginalised roles, their hardship, their oppression and their lack of power as opposed to men’s domination, men’s ownership, men’s power and associated patriarchal relations.