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Webinar Recap: Land Tenure Security Revisited

21 December 2022

Authors:

Mr. Neil Sorensen

Wytske Chamberlain - van der Werf

Global

On 15 December 2022 the LAND-at-scale Knowledge Management team hosted a webinar Land tenure security revisited: Do we know what we need to know? that presented the preliminary findings of a study on tenure security authored by Guus van Westen, and Jaap Zevenbergen. The presentation of the study was followed by breakout sessions on tenure security and its relationship to women's land rights, the role of the state, land conflicts, and economic development facilitated by land experts and panelists who reported back to the plenary on the discussions with their respective reflections on the findings of the study.

To protect women and uproot patriarchy means confronting the links between land and gender-based violence

6 December 2022

Authors:

Gina Alvarado

Caitlin Kieran

Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Asia

India

Global

Multiple studies indicate that secure rights to land and other property can protect women from experiencing domestic violence by strengthening their position within their families or by providing women with a stronger ability to exit abusive relationships.

Gender justice for climate justice: what does collective forest governance look like for women in Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities?

15 November 2022

Authors:

Anna Locke

Global

Achieving the twin goals of protecting the planet and improving humanity’s wellbeing relies on women having the agency and space to co-govern the natural resources they - and their families - depend on for their livelihoods. Reflecting on COP27’s Gender Day, we look at how better understanding women’s access to, use, and control of land, forests and natural resources in Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) could be utilised to support climate action.

Monitoring the gender transformative impact of land programs

3 June 2022

Authors:

Maaike van den Berg

Mr. Neil Sorensen

Global

For land governance interventions to be equitable and sustainable, the role of women must be actively brought to the forefront. But, how do you do this? How do you measure this? These are questions posed within the LAND-at-scale program.

Implementing progressive laws can accelerate securing women’s land rights in Francophone Africa

20 September 2021

Authors:

Joy Imbuye

Western Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 13 percent of women aged 20-49 have rights to land, according to research by the World Bank. Therefore, securing their land rights remains a very crucial matter to boost their socio-economic empowerment.

Land Inequality Is a Crisis. Achieving Women’s Land Rights Is How We Respond.

2 July 2021

Authors:

Dr. Michael Taylor

Gabriela Bucher

Global

Land. It is a commodity like no other. We live on it. We grow from it. We drink from it and build our futures upon it. But — increasingly and frighteningly so — we don’t share it equally.

The distribution of land has long defined the gap between rich and poor. Now new data shows clearer than ever how the way in which land is being shared and managed profoundly impacts extreme and rising inequality, and the achievement of women’s and girl’s rights.

Critical Insights on the Land Governance Orthodoxy

2 July 2021

Authors:

Dr. Laura German

Africa

Tanzania

Cambodia

Global

This panel took a critical look at the land governance orthodoxy that has consolidated on the heels of the financial crisis and outcry over "global land grabs" at the end of the 2000s.

6 Ways USAID is Investing in Women’s Land Rights

4 March 2021

Authors:

Jennifer Duncan

Ethiopia

Malawi

Mozambique

Tanzania

Zambia

Ghana

Liberia

India

Global

Secure land and resource rights are critical for household wellbeing and livelihoods in many developing countries, where land is the principal asset for the rural poor.

Perceptions Data Can Help Us Challenge Sexist Norms Around Land and Housing

9 March 2021

Authors:

Prof. Cheryl Doss

Dr. Joseph Feyertag

Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Global

On the International Women’s Day – and every day – we must call out gender bias wherever we see it. The trouble is, when it comes to land and property rights, much is hidden behind closed doors. But now, a new survey is giving voice to women around the world, letting them share their perceptions of their property rights.

Three things women in the Arab region told us about their land rights

23 February 2021

Authors:

Dr. Joseph Feyertag

Northern Africa

Egypt

Libya

Sudan

Liberia

Jordan

Lebanon

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syrian Arab Republic

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Global

Prindex Researcher Joseph Feyertag sets out some key findings from his latest paper 'How perceived tenure security differs between men and women in the MENA region'

It is for good reason that gender is a major theme at this week’s Arab Land Conference. Around just 5% of women own land or property in the region – one of the lowest rates in the world.

Biden administration: How can women benefit from land technology?

20 January 2021

Authors:

Yuliya Panfil

Ms. Ailey Kaiser Hughes

Stephanie Sampson

Rwanda

Tanzania

Uganda

South Africa

United States of America

Land technology is moving at warp speed. How will the Biden administration and Samantha Power ensure women benefit?

New guide aims to accelerate forest tenure pathways to gender equality

28 January 2021

Authors:

Julie Mollins

Global

Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate effective change.

Now, a new guide created by scientists with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) aims to make the process more accessible, recommending a three-step process, billed as “analyze, strategize, and realize,” to support interventions in local and national contexts.

Blogs

Monitoring the gender transformative impact of land programs

3 June 2022

Authors:

Maaike van den Berg

Mr. Neil Sorensen

Global

For land governance interventions to be equitable and sustainable, the role of women must be actively brought to the forefront. But, how do you do this? How do you measure this? These are questions posed within the LAND-at-scale program.

Implementing progressive laws can accelerate securing women’s land rights in Francophone Africa

20 September 2021

Authors:

Joy Imbuye

Western Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 13 percent of women aged 20-49 have rights to land, according to research by the World Bank. Therefore, securing their land rights remains a very crucial matter to boost their socio-economic empowerment.

6 Ways USAID is Investing in Women’s Land Rights

4 March 2021

Authors:

Jennifer Duncan

Ethiopia

Malawi

Mozambique

Tanzania

Zambia

Ghana

Liberia

India

Global

Secure land and resource rights are critical for household wellbeing and livelihoods in many developing countries, where land is the principal asset for the rural poor.

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Events

Exploring advocacy, research, and training on women’s land rights

11 March 2021

Location

Online

XX

Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Southern Africa

South Africa

Thursday, 11 March 2021 from 13:00–14:00 (CAT)

Organizers:

Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa

Oxfam International

Women’s Housing and Land Rights and Covid-19

26 May 2020

Location

Online

United States

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US

Global

Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).

Organizers:

Landesa - Rural Development Institute

Land Portal Foundation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

New America

LANDac

Environmental Peacebuilding

Global Protection Cluster Housing, Land, and Property Area of Responsibility

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Discussions

Women's Land Rights in India and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Closed

30 October 2017 to 10 November 2017

Facilitators:

Sejal Dave

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

Global

This online discussion aims to facilitate inclusive exchange of opinion and information on the state of land rights of women in India, the legal, institutional framework and socio-cultural factors affecting women’s equitable land tenure rights, good practices/innovations around women’s land tenure rights by Government/NGO and challenges and opportunities towards realization of gender equitable land tenure by 2030. It will analyze the status of data availability and accessibility around women land rights in India with available information from different sources along with an assessment of

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Organizations

Acção Académica Para O Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades Rurai (ADECRU)

MISSION

Boost the focus of citizen conscience and sovereign agenda for local development promoting greater involvement and interaction between various national and international actors in favor of solidary and fair development of communities.

VISION

Rural Communities more actives in setting up priorities, definition, implementation and evaluation of action for their own development

Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

Known for being a trendsetter in higher education and applied research internationally, the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST) aims to become the leading university in Africa. The Department of Land and Property Sciences (DLPS) offers relevant degrees at undergraduate and post-graduate level including master and doctorate degrees. The Department of Land and Property Sciences (DLPS) at NUST together with the Integrated Land Management Institute (ILMI) are playing a leading role in research and outreach in the field of land governance and administration.

Resource Equity

Resource Equity is a women-run and women-centered nonprofit organization that focuses exclusively on legal issues specific to gender equity in land and natural resources around the world.

Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA)

Women's Land Link Africa (WLLA) is a joint regional partnership project that was launched in 2004. The WLLA was founded on the principal that all who are truly dedicated to improving the situation for women's land and housing rights (and to doing so in a manner which is both sustainable and stakeholder-driven) can and must link in complementary ways. The WLLA supports and strengthens linkages between regional stakeholders focused on improving women's access to, control over and ownership of land and housing in Africa. Working in isolation has rarely improved situations.

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Land technology is moving at warp speed. How will the Biden administration and Samantha Power ensure women benefit?

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