Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women s access to and control over land and real property in urban se...

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Main Author:	Rakodi, Carole
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO LAND ADVOCACY AGE OF MARRIAGE AGENTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE CENSUSES CHILD CARE CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHRONIC POVERTY CITIES CITIZENS CIVIL MARRIAGE COMMUNITY PROPERTY COMPENSATION CONSENSUAL UNIONS CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES COURT COURTS CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAW DECEASED HUSBAND DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DWELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL RIGHTS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EVICTIONS EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY HOUSE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER BIAS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GENDER ROLES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GREEN SPACE HABITAT HARASSMENT HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOMEOWNERS HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING NEEDS HOUSING POLICIES HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PROGRAMMES HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS ILL HEALTH IMPACTS OF POLICIES INCOMES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ISLAMIC LAW KINSHIP LABOUR MARKETS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEASEHOLD LEASES LEGAL AID LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL MARRIAGE LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITIES LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARITAL PROPERTY MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MIGRANTS MINOR CHILDREN MINORITY MORTGAGES MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBOURHOODS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PANDEMIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION PEACE PENSION PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY CHANGE POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE OWNERS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROPERTY LAW PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC ARENA PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC LAND PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING PUBLIC SERVICES REAL PROPERTY RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS REMITTANCES RENTAL HOUSING RESETTLEMENT RESIDENCE RESPECT RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SELF-HELP SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SEX RATIOS SINGLE WOMEN SLUM DWELLERS SLUMS SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL STATUS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT SPOUSE SPOUSES SQUATTERS STATE GOVERNMENTS STRATEGY FOR WOMEN TAXATION TENANTS UNMARRIED WOMEN URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTRE URBAN COMMUNITY URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN LAND URBAN MIGRATION URBAN PLANNING URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN WOMEN UTILITIES VULNERABILITY WIDOW WIDOWERS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE YOUNG COUPLES YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431440/expanding-womens-access-land-housing-urban-areas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21030

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Summary:	Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women s access to and control over land and real property in urban settings, identifying approaches to strengthening property rights that enhance women s agency, and sharing key lessons. Section two synthesizes the evidence on urban women s priorities with respect to land and housing; the factors that influence women s access to and control over land and secure tenure, including legal and institutional frameworks and social relationships, especially within the family; and what is known about the extent to which women have access to, control over and use of urban land and housing, and through what forms of tenure. In section three, recent reform of laws, policies and practices to meet the needs of poor people in urban areas, especially women, will be assessed. Section four provides a short discussion of some of the strategies, tactics and alliances that are being adopted to bring about legal reforms and to influence the content, design and implementation of programs in urban areas. The report draws on successive research projects by the author and her colleagues on land and housing markets and policies, urban livelihoods, and urban politics and governance in a variety of contexts, in particular Rakodi (2010).

Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

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