Posts Tagged: Customary Law & Traditional Institutions

Modern land reforms remain indispensable to tackle gender inequality in areas where customary discriminatory practices are dominant. Landesa intern Joy

A discriminatory land governance system coupled with gendered social norms result in violence and oppression of women in Jharkhand, India.

Although Indigenous and rural communities are vital to the fight against climate change, in many countries these populations struggle to obtain formal

Gender-responsive land tenure and property rights interventions can be an important catalyst in bringing the kind of revolutionary change necessary

Secure land tenure is key to eradicating poverty, increasing agricultural investment and ensuring food security, and is an essential element of climate action

Godfrey Massay highlights some of the international, regional, and national commitments that seek to improve women’s participation in land governing

In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to

Land-related risks are vastly underappreciated by corporate and environmental attorneys representing clients around the globe. This article seeks to raise

From Liberia to Zimbabwe and Benin to Tanzania, advocates, legal experts and members of civil society are dismantling barriers that

Access to land is both a critical component and a fundamental barrier to productive youth engagement in agriculture. If properly