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:
HIV
SEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20432563/land-tenure-gender-approaches-challenges-strengthening-rural-womens-land-rights
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn
Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn
author_facet Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn
author_sort Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn
title Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
title_short Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
title_full Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
title_fullStr Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
title_full_unstemmed Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights
title_sort land tenure and gender : approaches and challenges for strengthening rural women's land rights
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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spelling okr-10986-210332021-04-23T14:04:00Z Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn 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 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. 2014-12-30T20:49:06Z 2014-12-30T20:49:06Z 2014 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper