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Disparities on land access are one of the major causes for social and gender inequalities in rural areas. Gender differentiated rights to land have implications on rural food security and nutrition as well as on the wellbeing of rural families and individuals. Learn more about the different factors that relate to gender inequalities embedded in land rights.

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In the Gender and Land Rights Database you will find country-level information on the following six 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

International treaties and conventions

·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 law

·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

Land tenure and related Institutions

·Prevailing land tenure systems

·National and local institutions enforcing land regulations

·Land administration institutions and women quotas

·Funding provisions to guarantee women’s land transactions

·Other factors influencing gender differentiated land rights

Civil society organizations

·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 capacity development on land rights

Selected Land Related Statistics

· 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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