Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights

Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights

Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs, traditions, and perceptions. For most ru...

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Main Author:	Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO LAND ADVOCACY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ATTITUDES ABOUT WOMEN BABY BARRIERS TO WOMEN BLUEPRINT BOTH SEXES CASH CROPS CENSUSES CHILD HEALTH CIVIL WAR COURT COURTS CROPS CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEMOCRACY DESCENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DIVORCED WOMAN DIVORCES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTS EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY WITH MEN EQUIPMENT ETHNIC GROUP EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PROPERTY FARMERS FARMS FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALES FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION GENDER GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER SENSITIVE LAWS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN GOVERNMENT POLICIES HEALTH CARE HIV HIV INFECTION HOME HOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HUNGER HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOMES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ISLAMIC LAW JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORM LAND RIGHT LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND USE LANDS LAWS LEGAL ENTITY LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL STATUS LEGAL SUPPORT LEGISLATION LEGISLATIONS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALE LINEAGE MANDATES MARITAL PROPERTY MARKET ECONOMY MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MEDIATORS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEWBORN NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITION OLD AGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ORPHANS OWNERSHIP OF LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESSES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICAL TURMOIL POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES POLYGAMY POSTERS PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATIZATION PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY PROPERTY LAW PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AWARENESS RANGELAND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RELIGIOUS PRACTICES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESIDENCES RESPECT ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL WOMEN SEX SEX DISCRIMINATION SEXES SHARIA SHARIA LAW SINGLE WOMEN SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SPOUSE SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE TENURES TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WEDDING WIDOW WIDOWS WIFE WILL WILLS WIVES WOMAN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20432563/land-tenure-gender-approaches-challenges-strengthening-rural-womens-land-rights http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21033

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Summary:	Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs, traditions, and perceptions. For most rural women, land tenure is complicated, with access and ownership often layered with barriers present in their daily realities: discriminatory social dynamics and strata, unresponsive legal systems, lack of economic opportunities, and lack of voice in decision making. Yet most policy reform, land management, and development programs disregard these realities in their interventions, which ultimately increases land tenure insecurity for rural women. This paper seeks to further develop the evidence base for access to and control over land.