Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development: Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Helle Munk Ravnborg; Rachel Spichiger; Rikke Brandt Broegaard; Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen

doi:10.1002/jid.3215

Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development: Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Helle Munk Ravnborg^*, Rachel Spichiger, Rikke Brandt Broegaard, Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen

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Abstract

Most land governance reforms seek to enhance tenure security, encourage investments and thereby promote economic growth. Increasingly, land reforms attempt to secure women's and other vulnerable groups' access to land. This article reviews the extent to which gender equality in land tenure has been pursued in these reforms and examines the role played by donor cooperation. Despite significant progress in developing land legislation that upholds gender equality, implementation often does not follow suit, and women still face discrimination. Based on country case studies, the article identifies six challenges, which should be addressed to achieve gender equality in land tenure.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	28
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	412-427
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0954-1748
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3215
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2016

Keywords

Customary
Development cooperation
Gender equality
Land tenure
Legal
Statutory

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