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Strengthening dryland women's land rights: local contexts, global change

Strengthening dryland women's land rights: local contexts, global change

Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453, Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794, Nelson, Valerie ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238, Quan, Julian ORCID: 0000-0003-2388-5684, Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 and Hartog, Maaike (2015) Strengthening dryland women's land rights: local contexts, global change. UNCCD, UNDP, Greenwich.

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Abstract

Thematic study 1: Strengthening dryland women's land rights: local contexts, global change found that significant opportunities exist for facilitating dryland women's empowerment with respect to land, in international research, policy, dialogue and practical action. There is increased international attention on women’s land rights amongst global institutions and in international development debates. There is growing pressure for progressive legislation on women’s land rights, with increasing examples of practical implementation of such laws across the world, including in dryland countries, where action is being led by women's movements. Greater recognition of the value of dryland systems, along with more enabling statutory frameworks, presents opportunities to build upon customary and local systems to increase gender equality for land rights in the drylands.

Item Type: Other
Additional Information: Thematic Paper 1 in the series 'Women's empowerment in the drylands'
Uncontrolled Keywords: Land, rights, women, gender, drylands
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Livelihoods & Institutions Department
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Last Modified: 21 Oct 2020 10:13
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/14516

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