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Tajikistan Country Gender Assessment

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Tajikistan
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
agriculture
natural resources
government
women
The resurgence of conservative patriarchal values in Tajikistan have led to the rise of early marriages and polygamy, compromising women’s and girls’ opportunities to realize their full potential to live quality lives, and have deterred women from fully participating in and benefitting from development. The report provides sector-specific gender analyses and identifies entry points for mainstreaming gender in agriculture and natural resources, education, energy, entrepreneurship and SME development, and transport.
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Country Partnership Strategy: Tajikistan, 2016–2020

Sector Assessment (Summary): Agriculture And Natural Resources

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Tajikistan
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land reform
climate change
natural disasters
arable land
agriculture
natural resources
natural resources management
water management
migration
women
Tajikistan’s population is predominantly rural and largely dependent on agriculture. Agriculture accounts for a quarter of Tajikistan’s gross domestic product and export revenues, 39% of tax revenues, and half of total employment. Given the widespread migration of male Tajik workers overseas, women constitute the majority of employees (accounting for 53% of the economically active population in agriculture). Arable land is in short supply at 0.15 hectares (ha) per capita (rising to 0.20 ha per capita for the rural population).
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Innovative Customary Land Governance in Zambia: Experiences, Lessons Learned and Emerging Impacts

Vol 3, No 1: March 2020, Special Issue 2 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Corruption
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land governance
corruption
sustainable development
land rights
tenure security
women
In Zambia, security of tenure for communities residing under customary land tenure settings has in recent years increasingly come under threat owing to the pressures of high rate of urbanization, speculation, subdivision and conversion to state land, which effectively excludes marginal populations from accessing resources for their land. While customary land is a major resource for most Zambians, the inadequacy or total lack of documentation leads to tenure insecurity, making people susceptible to forced displacements, and frequent land disputes.
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Women’s Access to Land and Security of Tenure post 2013 Constitution in Zimbabwe

Vol 3, No 1: January 2020, Special Issue 1 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Zimbabwe
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land law
land rights
tenure security
women
Rural women’s livelihoods in Africa are dependent on their rights and entitlement to land as well as security of tenure. Equally important is how land laws and land governance systems shape and reshape women’s access to land and tenure security. As such, this paper focuses on women’s access to land and tenure security after the adoption of a new Constitution in 2013 and Statutory Instrument 53 of 2014 in Zimbabwe. Whereas both legal instruments are progressive and guarantee women’s rights to property, their realization is shrouded in complexities and contradictions.
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CULTIVATING GENDER INSENSITIVE LAND TENURE REFORMS AND HARVESTING FOOD INSECURITY IN CAMEROON, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Vol 3, No 1: January 2020, Special Issue 1 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
food security
land access
land tenure
tenure security
women
Effective reform pathways for addressing women’s access to land and tenure security in Africa are yet to be found despite their role in feeding the population. With the adoption of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa (2009) and the launch of the African Land Policy Centre (2017), hopes were high that existing precarious women’s access to land, tenure and food security might be transformed to opportunities. Prevailing discourses, however, still advocate for land reforms attuned to gender equality with a neo-classical chord.
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LEGAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND GENDERED ACCESS TO LAND IN PATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES OF NORTH-WESTERN GHANA

Vol 1, No 3: December 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2018
Ghana
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land
women
Denial of women in land entitlements especially in patriarchal societies has been a major development concern in Ghana, resulting in promulgation of legal establishments that seek to enhance equality in access to land. This paper examines the underlying factors for gender inequality in land access and usage despite laws established to bridge the gap. Interviews with land custodians and households in North-Western Ghana revealed the desire to preserve cultural heritage as the primary reason for non-inclusion of women in access rights.
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Protecting the Land Rights of Women through an Inclusive Land Registration System: The Case of Ethiopia

Vol 3, No 1: March 2020, Special Issue 2 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Ethiopia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land registration
land rights
women
Land is owned by the state and peoples of Ethiopia. Rural farmers and pastoralists have landholding right which contains bundle of rights. Women have equal right to fully use their landholding. Ethiopia has implemented a first level land certification (FLLC). Despite the achievements of the FLLC, gaps were identified especially as regards to local participation throughout the certification process. Ethiopia is currently implementing Second Level Land Certification.
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Large Scale Agricultural Investments and Its Impact on Gender Relations and Wellbeing of Small Holder Farmers: Evidence from Kilombero Valley in Tanzania

Vol 3: Special Issue 3, 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
scale
land investments
farmers
This paper explores the impact of large-scale agricultural investment on household livelihood outcomes among smallholder farmers in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. The study used qualitative and quantitative data from a sample of 376 households. Quantitative data analysis employed independent samples t-test and multiple linear regressions. There were associations in livelihood outcomes and household headship (p < 0.05).
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Gender Inequality and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Food Security in Tanzania

Vol 3, No 3: September 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Tanzania
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
food security
climate change
land ownership
This paper assessed gender inequality in household resources, particularly land ownership, division of labour and decision making as regards climate change adaptation strategies for household food security. The results show that gender inequality exists among the pastoralists in terms of household division of labour, ownership of resources and decision-making such that women do not control important productive resources such as land and livestock which make them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and less able to adapt to it.
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Assessing the challanges of women's land rights in Tanznia

Vol 3, No 1: March 2020, Special Issue 2 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
land governance
land policies
land rights
land tenure
women
The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges of women on land rights, in Tanzania customary practices often required woman to access land through their fathers, brothers, husbands or other men who control the land, so this makes women vulnerable and decreases agricultural productivity. When women loses their connection to this male relative, either through death, divorce or migration, they can lose their land, home and means of supporting themselves and their families.