Easy access to
up-to-date information on 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
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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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