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Join us for a conversation at COP26 about the critical role women play in building climate resilient food systems. Virtual webcast link available.
Thursday, Sep. 30th from 3-4:30pm East African Time | 8-9:30am EDT.
The webinar will present the research conducted by the Women’s Land Rights Practitioner Network, formed by Landesa’s visiting professionals from Africa.
Modern land reforms remain indispensable to tackle gender inequality in areas where customary discriminatory practices are dominant. Landesa intern Joy Imbuye examines positive practices and challenges in advancing women’s land rights in select countries in Francophone Africa.
Landesa intern Joy Imbuye examines positive practices and challenges in advancing women’s land rights in select countries in Francophone Africa.
New research on tribal women’s land rights in Jharkhand; You’re invited to our Learning with Leaders virtual event; We’re hiring.
New research on tribal women’s land rights in Jharkhand; You’re invited to our Learning with Leaders virtual event; We’re hiring.
Landesa researchers reveal a brutal system of abuse and torture that deters tribal women from accessing their rights to land. The women in the tribal communities are particularly disadvantaged, as the customary practices do not support their land rights and the law of the state accepts customary practices of the tribal communities to be legal. While the research area focuses on the state of Jharkhand, similar trends are observable in India’s other tribal areas.
Shipra Deo and My-Lan Dodd unpack the legal and social barriers that undermine and constrain women’s rights to land and inheritance, and propose steps to close the gender gap and achieve equity for all.
Gender-responsive land tenure and property rights interventions can be an important catalyst in bringing the kind of revolutionary change necessary to correct the existing bias against women and girls, and forge more resilient societies in a post-pandemic world.
Secure land tenure is key to eradicating poverty, increasing agricultural investment and ensuring food security, and is an essential element of climate action and climate resilience. Yet women have far weaker rights to land than men.