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Land Tenure, Property Rights and Gender

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2012
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
property rights
women
The limited research on the benefits of women gaining secure rights to land and property suggest positive results: an increase in women’s participation in household decision-making; an increase in net household income; a reduction in domestic violence; an increased ability to prevent being infected by HIV/AIDS; and increased expenditures on food and education for children. Understanding the complexity surrounding women’s land rights is critical to ensuring that those rights are protected and improved.
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Incidence and impact of land conflict in Uganda

Uganda
gender equity in access to land
property rights
While there is a large, though inconclusive, literature on the impact of land titles in Africa, little attention has been devoted to the study of land conflict, despite evidence on increasing incidence of such conflicts. The authors use data from Uganda to explore who is affected by land conflicts, whether recent legal changes have helped to reduce their incidence, and to assess their impact on productivity.
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Research on land markets in South Asia : what have we learned?

Asia, Southern Asia
agriculture
gender equity in access to land
land rights
The authors review the literature on land markets in South Asia to clarify what's known and to highlight unresolved issues. They report that: (1) We have a good understanding of why sharecropping persists and why it can be superior to other standard agricultural contracts. We have less understanding of what determines the relative efficiency of sharecropping in different environments and why other apparently superior contractual relationships are rare.
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The Word on Women – Why Does it Matter Who has Rights to Land in the Household?

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
gender equity in access to land
In most of the world, families live and work together on their land. Why does it matter then, who manages the family’s land and other resources? For an overview of why women’s land rights matter, read this USAID Issue Brief.
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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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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, Land, and Livelihoods in East Africa

Through Farmers' Eyes

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2001
Eastern Africa
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
In rural Africa and the Middle East, many ecosystems are on the verge of collapse. The interplay of social, ecological, and political-economic forces has compromised the ability of farmers to sustain their precious soil. As a result, farmers, and especially women farmers, face a constant daily struggle to survive.
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Changing Customary Land Rights and Gender Relations in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Reports & Research
January, 2006
Global
property law
gender equity in access to land
The effect of prime-age adult death and its consequences on access to land for the survivors has not been fully explored nor incorporated into policy regardless the fact that high adult mortality is now the lived reality in countries affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa. This paper explores the gendered relationships between adult death due to HIV/AIDS and changes in land rights for the survivors particularly widows. In many African societies, women have traditionally accessed land through marriage.
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Gender, Land and Asset Survey South Africa

Gender Differences in Asset Rights in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Reports & Research
January, 2011
South Africa
women
land rights
gender equity in access to land
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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.