Women’s Communal Land Rights in Northern Tanzania
In pastoral communities of northern Tanzania, customary tenure is the dominant form of land governance, yet it does not provide equal rights and opportunities for women. This report shares findings on the challenges and limitations faced by Tanzanian pastoralist women in accessing, owning, and controlling communal land, as well as exploring potential benefits and outcomes that arise from securing and strengthening women’s land rights and participation in decision-making processes within communal systems.
Women’s Land Tenure Security as a Pathway to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
This evidence review seeks to further clarify the significance of women’s land tenure security to climate change mitigation and adaptation, inform climate advocacy, and provide guidance to partners in data generation.
Droits Fonciers et Inégalités de Genre au Sénégal (French)
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments to promote gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling land. While the 2001 Constitution explicitly prohibits gender-based discrimination in property rights, traditional practices and patriarchal norms often limit women’s access to land. Traditionally, land is a ...
Women’s Land Rights in Ethiopia: Supporting Land Degradation Neutrality
Strong and equitable rights to land—and in particular women’s land rights (WLR)—are an essential foundation for efforts to address land degradation and to support sustainable land management. This case study describes Ethiopia’s acute situation regarding LDN and unique situation regarding WLR.
An Equal Stake in the Soil: Bangladesh Baseline Study Report
The goal of this mixed methods study is to support the development of pilot interventions, conducted under the US Department of State-funded “Equal Stake in the Soil” project in Bangladesh, to address social norms and behavior change (SNBC) and legal literacy related to women's land rights and to provide a baseline description of existing social norms, behaviors, and levels of legal literacy prior to implementing the interventions.
An analysis on women’s land rights in the rural communities of Bangladesh
Identification of legal and policy gaps regarding women’s access to land rights, social norms and behavioral practices among different communities.