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Stand for Her Land Campaign Launch at International Women’s Day Regional Convening

8 March 2022

Africa

Kenya

Join leaders and women’s land rights actors from across Africa and the world to celebrate International Women’s Day and our shared vision for accelerating secure women’s land rights as a foundation for achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment, and sustainable development.

Despite reforms, patriarchal systems continue to hinder land ownership by African women

30 November 2020

Africa

Global

Despite recent advancements in land reforms across Africa, women and girls are still hugely disadvantaged, according to a recent meeting of experts.

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Monitoring the gender transformative impact of land programs

3 June 2022

Authors:

Maaike van den Berg

Mr. Neil Sorensen

Global

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.

Ending Land Tenure System Discrimination

3 December 2021

Authors:

Ms. Khadija Mrisho

Africa

Global

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.

Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?

8 March 2021

Authors:

Shipra Deo

India

In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to silence their claims to land

When Talabitti’s husband died in 2016, her claim to the family land seemed to die with him. Though her husband had worked the family land by himself, upon his death his male cousins laid their claim. If Talabitti attempted to make a competing claim, they threatened to drive her away – with violence, if necessary. Sadly, this threat materialized.

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Women's Land Rights in India and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Closed

30 October 2017 to 10 November 2017

Facilitators:

Sejal Dave

Mr. Pranab Choudhury

India

Global

This online discussion aims to facilitate inclusive exchange of opinion and information on the state of land rights of women in India, the legal, institutional framework and socio-cultural factors affecting women’s equitable land tenure rights, good practices/innovations around women’s land tenure rights by Government/NGO and challenges and opportunities towards realization of gender equitable land tenure by 2030. It will analyze the status of data availability and accessibility around women land rights in India with available information from different sources along with an assessment of

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Women’s struggle for land in South Asia: Can legal reforms trump social norms?

9 December 2021

Southern Asia

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Global

A century has passed since women in Undivided India, now divided into several countries of South Asia, demanded equal rights in property — especially land, the most important means of production in developing economies. The struggle continued after Independence.

Organizers:

United Nations University

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patrilineal lineage

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Join leaders and women’s land rights actors from across Africa and the world to celebrate International Women’s Day and our shared vision for accelerating secure women’s land rights as a foundation for achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment, and sustainable development.

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In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to silence their claims to land

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