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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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Improving gender equity in access to land

Journal Articles & Books
January, 1970
gender equity in access to land
land
property
FAO’s Land Tenure Notes provide information on

land tenure in a format that can be used by grassroots

organizations which work with small farmers

and others in rural communities. Improving secure

access to land by the rural poor is essential in order

to reduce poverty and hunger and to promote sustainable

rural development. Improving people’s

knowledge of their rights to land is an important

part of making rights real, thereby allowing people

to improve their livelihoods.
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A Training Course on Land, Property and Housing Rights in the Muslim World

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Global
gender equity in access to land
housing rights
Islamic law
land
land inheritance rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
property rights
This training course from the Global Land Tool Network is part of the Network’s activities on Islamic dimensions of land. In most Muslim countries, Islamic law, principles and practices make an important contribution to shaping access to land. GLTN therefore has as one of its objectives the identification and development of Islamic land tools and case studies through a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and global process, owned by Muslims, but also including other civil society and development partners.
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A Training Package: Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation Through Good Land Governance

January, 2011
Global
Land & Gender
capacity development
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land policies
This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters. This training package is designed for professionals, working in the field of land, governance, grassroots participation and gender in public institutions or civil society organizations.
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Criterios de evaluación de género para herramientas que versen sobre la tierra en gran escala Cómo podemos juzgar si una herramienta aplicable a la tierra es sensible a las necesidades tanto de hombres como de mujeres?

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2012
Global, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land & Gender
advocacy
gender equity in access to land
tenure security
A pesar del avance en los derechos de las mujeres, los derechos a la tierra y a la seguridad de su tenencia no son disfrutados igualitariamente por mujeres y hombres en muchas partes del mundo. Esto vulnera los derechos humanos internacionales, ejerciendo asimismo un impacto negativo sobre los hogares y la economía. Los temas de género referidos a la tierra son complicados. Involucran territorios sociales y culturales sensibles y desafían estructuras de poder profundamente enraizadas.
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Gender evaluation criteria for large-scale land tools: How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs?

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2012
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
capacity development
environment
extractive industries
farmers
gender equity in access to land
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
natural resources management
rural development
women
This Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) matrix has been extracted from the GLTN publication entitled Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective: A Training Package for Land Professionals

Language: English, Spanish, French, Arabic
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Gendering Land Tools: Achieving secure tenure for women and men

January, 2009
Global
Land & Gender
advocacy
capacity development
customary law
gender equity in access to land
land management
land policies
property rights
research
This publication, from the Global Land Tool Network, presents a mechanism for effective inclusion of women and men in land tool development and outlines methodologies and strategies for systematically developing land tools that are responsive to both women and men’s needs. Equal property rights for women and men are fundamental to social and economic gender equality. However, women often face discrimination in formal, informal and customary systems of land tenure.
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Handling Land: Innovative tools for land governance and secure tenure

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
customary land rights
customary law
gender equity in access to land
land access
land administration
land governance
land management
tenure security
sustainable land management
urbanization
Everyone has a relationship to land. It is an asset that, with its associated resources, allows its owner access to loans, to build their houses and to set up small businesses in cities. In rural areas, land is essential for livelihoods, subsistence and food security. However, land is a scarce resource governed by a wide range of rights and responsibilities. And not everyone’s right to land is secure. Mounting pressure and competition mean that improving land governance - the rules, processes and organizations through which decisions are made about land - is more urgent than ever.
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Land Tenure in Asia and The Pacific: Challenges,Opportunities and Way Forward

Reports & Research
January, 2015
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land acquisitions
land governance
land policies
land tenure
landlessness
natural disasters
urbanization
This publication provides an overview of the findings of a review of land tenure security in Asia and the Pacific region in collaboration with key partners. It highlights the major land challenges, barriers and opportunities as the basis for future decisions about partnerships and engagement in the land sector at sub-regional and country level. The findings are based on an extensive literature review, interviews, a questionnaire, validation at several multi-stakeholder meetings and peer review.
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Les critères d’évaluation du genre pour les outils fonciers à grande échelle: Comment décider si un outil foncier correspond bien aux besoins des femmes comme à ceux des hommes?

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2012
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land access
land rights
women
Comment décider si un outil foncier correspond bien aux besoins des femmes comme à ceux des hommes? En dépit des avancées dans le domaine des droits des femmes, ceux qui concernent la terre et la sécurité du régime foncier ne sont pas également répartis entre les deux sexes dans bien des régions du monde. Cela va à l’encontre des droits humains reconnus par les conventions internationales, tout en ayant des effets néfastes sur les ménages et sur l’économie. Lorsqu’elles touchent à la terre, les questions d’égalité des sexes deviennent plus complexes.