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Barriers to women’s land rights

 Both cultural and legal  Laws prevent women from acquiring land

rights through markets, marriage, inheritance, transfer, or gift.

 Poorly drafted regulations and laws

governing land and property rights.

 Custom, tradition, etc. create barriers to

rights (marriage/divorce, bride price/dowry, and polygamy; inheritance).

 Lack of knowledge, information, and

enforcement – of women, men and institutions.

Implementation Challenges

 Project implementers are not aware of social and

cultural implications of land rights; don’t always understand the way that non-land laws impact women’s access.

 Women lack knowledge and do not participate in

the process; men also do not understand the implications.

 Land agencies do not understand the issues and do

not protect women’s rights.

 Women are not included in activities subsequent to

land titling, (for example, access to credit or community services).

 Need to understand the situation and impact of

project interventions – baseline assessments and monitoring.

World Bank Resources and T

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 Gender Issues and Best Practices in Land

Administration Projects, 2005 (report no. 32571)

 Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook online on

Bank’s external website

 4 page Toolkit:

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTGENAGRLI VSOUBOOK/Resources/GiA_toolkit_v4.pdf

 Gender in M&E in Agriculture  Gender in Agriculture website: genderinag.org  Resource people…. in your department, region,

the Bank

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Projects

Genderinag.org

 Website includes

resources from multiple

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FAO, IFAD, UN, etc.

 Also provides a

forum for sharing knowledge and experiences around the world – anyone can provide content.

Other tools and resources

 OECD social institutions and gender index:

http://my.genderindex.org – a ranking of countries according to a number of gender based statistics (% of girls in school, etc.)

 Gender asset gap material: http://genderassetgap.iimb.ernet.in/ -

research project on the gender asset gap (land, property, household goods, financial assets) in several countries and methodology on how to better measure the gap

 FAO Implementation Guide on Responsible Gender-Equitable

Governance of Land Tenure as part of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests

 FAO gender and land rights database:

http://www.fao.org/gender/landrights

 Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights:

http://www.landesa.org/women-and-land/