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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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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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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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Rural Women and Corporate Investment in African Land

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Africa
Land & Investments
land rights
land grabbing
gender equity in access to land
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Global Women's Submission for the Rio+20 zero-draft document

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2011
Global
women
land rights
agriculture
climate change
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
desertification
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Impact of the Land Reform on the Land Rights and Economic Poverty Reduction of the Majority Rural Women Who Depend on Land for their Livelihood

RISD and IS accademy study in Rwanda

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Rwanda
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land rights
poverty
sustainable development
This study was conducted by Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development (RISD) under the funding of the IS-academy in partnership with the Netherlands Government, as part of their research program on “Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development” of which the guiding question is “the link between land governance, sustainable development and poverty alleviation”.
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Making Rangelands Secure: Past Experience and Future Options

A Working Document Version 1.0

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Global
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
common property
rural development
land governance
land area
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
environment
Significant progress has been made over the past decade or so in the development of policy and legislation that support the recognition of customary rights to land, with important legal rulings in Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, South Sudan, and South Africa. At the same time, the strengthening of communities’ traditional rights to use resources has progressed through community forest reserves and community conservation areas.