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A field not quite of her own. Single women's access to land in communal areas of Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
women
land rights
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Landless women, hopeless women? Gender, land and decentralisation in Niger

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2006
Niger
women
landlessness
This paper is a summary of a regional case study on gender, land and decentralisation. The main study has two parts: three portraits of women showing different examples of access to natural resources and local leadership; and a general report based on the portraits and on interviews carried out in seven study sites in Maradi and Zinder regions in Niger.
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Gender and access to land

FAO Land Tenure Studies 4

Reports & Research
January, 2002
Global
women
gender equity in access to land
This study stresses the importance of land for the rural poor as a source of livelihood and describes the gendered and often inequitable experience of access to land and other natural resources. It also provides a set of guidelines for actions to increase women's access to land, including awareness raising, and emphasises the need for better contextual udnerstanding of the gendered aspects in land allocation and adjudication. The report also provides suggestions for indicators of secure land access prior to, during and after programs of intervention.
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Voices of women s aspirations over land and land matters: the case of Kibaale District, Uganda

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Uganda
women
land rights
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
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Women, property rights and HIV in India

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2006
India
women
land rights
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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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Access to and control over land from a gender perspective

A study conducted in the Volta region of Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2004
Ghana
women
gender equity in access to land
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Shared Tenure Options for Women

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2006
Global
women
land rights
Security of Tenure is one of the cornerstones of Millennium Development Goal 7 on the improvement of the lives of slum dwellers, and is the main focus of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure
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Women, Food Security and Agriculture in a Global Marketplace: A Significant Shift

January, 2011
Global
women
agriculture
food security
New directions in development assistance and agricultural investments must recognize and support women's involvement in the full agricultural value chain from production to processing to marketing. This report reviews current thinking and practice on increasing agricultural productivity, both subsistence and commercial agriculture, and examines what is known about women's roles in both sectors.
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Women’s gains from the implementation of succession law in Uganda: voices from Wakiso and Mpigi districts

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Uganda
women
Poverty, particularly among female-headed households in Uganda, is strongly related to lack of access to and ownership of productive resources. Recent land reform necessitates inquiry to determine whether it has improved women’s marginalized status with regard to land ownership and access.