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Deforestation in Brazil

Webinar Recap: Land Tenure Security Revisited

21 December 2022
Authors: 
Mr. Neil Sorensen
Wytske Chamberlain - van der Werf
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
development
land law
land inheritance rights
conflicts
land economics
land investments
land rights
land conflicts
land tenure
tenure insecurity
tenure security
property rights
marital property rights
women

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.

Discussing Land Use Rights

Discussing Gender in LAND-at-scale projects

24 August 2022
Authors: 
Wytske Chamberlain - van der Werf
Maaike van den Berg
Monica Lengoiboni
Burundi
Ghana
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
equal rights
land inheritance rights
land use
sustainable land use
land rights
women

This blog describes the common trends and actions across the projects, and is enriched with additional insights from the LANDac Annual Conference 2022 and other events.

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Monitoring the gender transformative impact of land programs

3 June 2022
Authors: 
Maaike van den Berg
Mr. Neil Sorensen
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land law
land inheritance rights
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage
land rights
marital property rights
women

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. 

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Scaling up gender-sensitive approaches in Burundi

8 March 2022
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
advocacy
capacity development
women

As observed in many countries, women’s access to land in Burundi is hampered by  customary practices. ZOA, VNG and MiPAREC are scaling up a gender-sensitive approach to strengthening women’s rights to land. Experiences from the past prove that sensitization and awareness raising are for a meaningful and successful outcome for women. But there are also many challenges and pitfalls when it comes to working on a topic as women’s land rights.

women land rights campaign chad

A story of women as driving force for land reform - How a campaign on women’s land rights paved the way for broad land reform and development interventions on just land governance in Chad

8 March 2022
Chad
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
sustainable development
land inheritance rights
land policies
advocacy
women

« ‘Je prie Dieu qu’il ait partage et communion entre nous les femmes, que nous parlions d’une seule voix, pour se faire entendre par les autorités, qu’ils nous écoutent et nous soutiennent dans nos initiatives, à vaincre la faim et avoir abondement à manger’ Marthe Ladem, productrice rurale Logone orientale ( voir histoire de vie ‘Avec la femme rurale pour un Tchad sans faim 

Agro land

Ending Land Tenure System Discrimination

3 December 2021
Authors: 
Ms. Khadija Mrisho
Africa
Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land inheritance rights
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage
land rights
women

In Africa women play an integral role in the continent’s agriculture sector, representing up to 60 percent of the agricultural labour force in some countries. In Tanzania, agriculture accounts for the largest share of employment, more than 80 percent of women are engaging in agricultural activities and subsequently contributing to the country’s food requirements.

women’s land rights in Francophone Africa

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

20 September 2021
Authors: 
Joy Imbuye
Western Africa
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land law
land inheritance rights
land rights
marital property rights

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. 

USAID supported traditional leaders to participate in a series of dialogues to spark action to shift gender norms that hinder women’s land rights in Zambia (Photo: copyright Howard Mang'wato)

Traditional leaders in Zambia shift gender norms and strengthen women’s land rights

1 July 2021
Authors: 
Patricia Malasha
Africa
Zambia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land inheritance rights
land use
land use change
matrilineal lineage
land access
control rights
customary land rights
land ownership
customary tenure
local communities
women

Across much of Africa, land is not allocated and inherited under statutory law but through customary practices rooted in kinship. In patrilineal systems, land belongs to men’s families and is inherited through the paternal line.

In Zambia, many ethnic groups follow a matrilineal system, where women own land and pass it down the maternal line.

Image Credit — Jason Taylor/ILC

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 & Gender
COVID-19
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
sustainable development
land inheritance rights
climate change
territory
agricultural land management
agriculture
sustainable land use
land grabbing
land rights
property rights
marital property rights
women

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.

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Adecru - Acção Académica Para O Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades Rurai

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

ResearchConsortium

Research Consortium

Launched in 2018, the Research Consortium, by Resource Equity, is a powerful hub for the collection, sharing, and exchange of knowledge on how to effectively advance women’s land rights. We identify gaps in knowledge and help develop a common agenda for research so that learnings can more easily be compared, shared, and applied.

 

Resource Equity

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.

Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO)

ABOUT

The Working Group for women and land ownership (WGWLO), is a network of 41 NGOs, CBOs and individuals in Gujarat, working on the issue of agriculture land ownership from livelihood, security, rights and empowerment angle for women. These are CBOs and NGOs spread in more than 15 districts of Gujarat, working at the rural grass roots level since 2003.

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