Women's Land Rights in Ethiopia: Socio-legal review

This review summarizes relevant findings from the socio-legal analysis conducted in Ethiopia. It combines the review of key legal and policy documents and literature on existing barriers to the recognition of women’s land rights. The review analyzes existing tenure systems, identifies tenure interve...

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Autores principales: Monterroso, I., Ojong, E., Paez Valencia, Ana Maria
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CIFOR-ICRAF and International Fund for Agricultural Development 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115930
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author Monterroso, I.
Ojong, E.
Paez Valencia, Ana Maria
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description This review summarizes relevant findings from the socio-legal analysis conducted in Ethiopia. It combines the review of key legal and policy documents and literature on existing barriers to the recognition of women’s land rights. The review analyzes existing tenure systems, identifies tenure interventions recognizing rights to women, as well as barriers constraining their ability to benefit from those rights. Most of the land in Ethiopia is under statutory tenure, landholding certification is the most important land tenure intervention recognizing land rights. Constitutional Reforms adopted since 1995 specify principles to protect women’s rights, including provisions to recognize and enforce their rights to land and resources through a land certification process which ensured women’s engagement. Since 1998, Ethiopia’s massive rural landholding certification process has certified over 20 million plots. Despite these advancements in gender-responsive policy, Ethiopian land tenure practices continue to be characterized by the marginalization and invisibilization of women.
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spelling CGSpace1159302023-02-15T03:04:23Z Women's Land Rights in Ethiopia: Socio-legal review Monterroso, I. Ojong, E. Paez Valencia, Ana Maria gender land tenure This review summarizes relevant findings from the socio-legal analysis conducted in Ethiopia. It combines the review of key legal and policy documents and literature on existing barriers to the recognition of women’s land rights. The review analyzes existing tenure systems, identifies tenure interventions recognizing rights to women, as well as barriers constraining their ability to benefit from those rights. Most of the land in Ethiopia is under statutory tenure, landholding certification is the most important land tenure intervention recognizing land rights. Constitutional Reforms adopted since 1995 specify principles to protect women’s rights, including provisions to recognize and enforce their rights to land and resources through a land certification process which ensured women’s engagement. Since 1998, Ethiopia’s massive rural landholding certification process has certified over 20 million plots. Despite these advancements in gender-responsive policy, Ethiopian land tenure practices continue to be characterized by the marginalization and invisibilization of women. 2021-11-01 2021-11-10T02:40:59Z 2021-11-10T02:40:59Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115930 en Open Access CIFOR-ICRAF and International Fund for Agricultural Development Monterroso, I., Ojong, Enokenwa. & Paez-Valencia, AM. 2021.Women's Land Rights in Ethiopia: Socio-legal review. Securing Women’s Resource Rights Through Gender Transformative Approaches, CIFOR-ICRAF and IFAD. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008261
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