Barriers to womens land rights Both cultural and legal Laws prevent - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 ools  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

T ools: T oolkit for Integrating Gender in Land Projects

Genderinag.org  Website includes resources from multiple organizations – WB, 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/