La brecha entre hombres y mujeres en la propiedad de la tierra en América Latina es enorme. En pocos países, las mujeres alcanzan una cuarta parte de los propietarios de tierra. La desigualdad por género en la propiedad de la tierra se relaciona con la preferencia masculina en la herencia, los privilegios que disfrutan los hombres en el matrimonio, el sesgo masculino en los programas estatales de distribución de tierras y en el mercado de tierras, en donde la mujer tiene menos probabilidades que el hombre de participar con éxito como compradora.

El objetivo de este documento es caracterizar la situación de las mujeres rurales que participan en la agricultura familiar en cinco países de América Latina: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay. La información utilizada para esta caracterización proviene de fuentes secundarias, tanto a nivel censal como analítica.

La feminización de la tierra —el acceso de las mujeres a la tenencia— es un fenómeno que viene impactando de forma importante en el ámbito rural; en diferentes niveles, el aumento del interés femenino a acceder a los medios de producción rural ha dado muestras positivas de la capacidad y el liderazgo que el acceso a la tierra representa para ellas.

Safe water is widely recognized as both a fundamental human need and a key input into economic activity. Across the developing world, the typical approach to addressing these needs is to segregate supplies of water for domestic use from water for large-scale agricultural production. In that arrangement, the goal of domestic water supply is to provide small amounts of clean safe water for direct consumption, cleaning, bathing and sanitation, while the goal of agricultural water supply is to provide large amounts of lower quality water for irrigated agriculture.

Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.

Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.

The land tenure system of Tanzania has passed through different historical milestones which form the basis for the analysis of the land tenure regime in general and tenure relations for land owners and users in particular in the past eight decades. The history dates back to 1923 when the British colonial legislative assembly enacted the Land Ordinance cap 113 to guide and regulate land use and ownership in Tanganyika which was their protectorate colony. Prior to this law, all the land in Tanzania was owned under customary tenure governed by clan and tribal traditions.

Aboriginal women in Canada are at the forefront of resistance when it comes to threats to their land and culture. This is the conclusion of this study, which examines the links between Aboriginal women, protest and human security. The study shows that restrictions on fishing rights, expansion in logging, and ski-resort development are being fiercely fought by Aboriginal women. They stand in front of trains, blockade roads and mobilise demonstrations and this often results in clashes with authorities and police violence. Aboriginal women both use and challenge their gender roles.

This document is a chapter in a larger report commissioned by UN habitat to review the laws and land tenure of Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. The report provides a brief historical background, snapshots of how the government and legal systems operate, reviews land tenure, the various types of land in the country and the relevant constitutional provisions laws and policies. The chapter also examines housing rights and accessibility of services.

Covers land-tenure system in Amhara Region, the land rights registration process, women’s access to and control of land, land use by men and women, marital property rights, inheritance rights, female-headed households, legal services, conclusions and recommendations.