Gender and Land
Rights
This
Database contains Country level information on social, economic,
political and cultural issues related to the gender inequalities
embedded in those rights.
Disparity
on land access is
one of the major causes for social and gender inequalities in rural areas,
and it jeopardizes, as a consequence, rural food security as well
as the wellbeing of individuals and families.
The Database offers information on
the 6 following Categories:
National
legal frame
·
Rights entrenched in the Constitution
·
Women's property and use rights in Civil Code, Labour Code,
Family Code
·
Inheritance legal mechanisms
·
Land Law
·
Policies/Institutional mechanisms enforcing or preventing
women’s land rights
·
CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (adopted on 18/12/1979). Relevant articles: 2,
4, 14 and 16.
·
CEDAW-OP: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (adopted on
06/10/1999).
·
ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (adopted on 16/12/1966). Relevant articles: 2(2), 3 and
11(1).
·
ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(adopted on 16/12/1966). Relevant articles: 2(1), 3, 14, 16 and 23(4).
·
Other international regulations
·
Customary norms, religious beliefs and social practices that
influence gender-differentiated land rights
·
Traditional authorities and customary institutions
·
Inheritance/succession de facto practices
·
Discrepancies/gaps between statutory and customary laws
·Prevailing
land tenure systems
·National and
local institutions enforcing land regulations
·Land
administration institutions and quota of women
·Funding
provisions to guarantee women’s land transactions
·Other factors
influencing gender differentiated land rights
·Civil society
and indigenous people’s organizations advocating for equality of land
rights
·Local
decision-making organizations and women’s representation in them
·Legal
Information and training on land rights
·Total number
of holders
·Women holders
·Number of
holdings under co-ownership
·Common
property
·Number of
rural households headed by women
·GINI
Concentration index
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between the 3 Types of Reports below
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