To close the gap in women’s land rights, we need to do a better job of measuring it
There is broad global agreement that secure property rights help eradicate poverty and that securing women’s land rights reduces gender inequality. But our understanding remains strikingly limited when it comes to the extent to which women’s land rights are – or are not – secure and the impact of women’s tenure security (or lack thereof) on women’s empowerment.
This is true even in Africa, where the most studies have been published, due to shortcomings in both the quality and quantity of research on these questions.