Land & Gender

Includes background; conceptual framework; methodology; research findings – security of tenure, cultural practices, gender inequalities, land utilisation, constraints to production, a passion for farming, gender bias against women farmers in access to and utilization of land; lessons learnt, recommendations.

Includes introduction; vulnerabilities shared among all women; different categories of women have different vulnerabilities – widows, unmarried girls, divorced women, separated women, cohabiting women, married women; proposed solutions.

Analysis of women’s access to land in West Africa shows that they are central to agricultural development as land users, but rarely have the same access as men. They mainly have limited and temporary rights, although situations do vary.

Experiences of Women in Asserting their Land Rights: The Case of Bugesera District, Rwanda

This paper explores, conceptually and empirically, the question of how much food is produced by women. Data for labour inputs and agricultural output are used to assess women’s contribution to food and agricultural production. The study also assesses gender differences in productivity. The paper finds that a precise measure of women’s contribution to food production is impossible to establish.

A viabilidade e sustentabilidade dos sistemas modernos de protecção social, em países subdesenvolvidos como Moçambique, são geralmente avaliadas em torno dos mecanismos financeiros, como se a segurança humana da maioria da população dependesse principalmente da robustez, eficácia e eficiência dos sistemas económico-financeiros.

El SMFV en el Ejército de Chile, es parte de la Política de participación de mujeres en las Fuerzas Armadas (PPM) y de la persecución de la voluntariedad total en la realización del Servicio Militar Obligatorio. Es un caso de política dirigida para las mujeres, basada en un modelo de igualdad e implementada en un sector tradicionalmente masculino.

El siguiente trabajo de investigación analiza de manera comparativa las estrategias familiares campesinas de producción y reproducción social en el contexto de la agroindustria florícola en el cantón Cayambe.

In setting out principles and internationally agreed standards, the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and Other Natural Resources” intend to provide practical guidance to states, civil society and the private sector on responsible governance of tenure.

An analysis of the gendered impacts of commercial pressures on land, based on a review of the literature and ILC’s country case studies, including Ethiopia, Zambia, Rwanda and Benin.

We, the participants in the African Women’s Land Rights Conference committed to advancing women´s rights, having met in Nairobi from the 30^th of May to 2^nd of June 2011 to inform and review the progress made in the advancement of women’s rights to land, property and freedom from sexual and gender based violence.

This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters.