Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights
Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase gender equality and advance other key social and economic development goals (FAO 2011; Peterman 2011). Despite progressive laws in many African countries, gender disparities commonly persist in women’s...
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| author | Billings, Lucy Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Mueller, Valerie |
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| description | Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase gender equality and advance other key social and economic development goals (FAO 2011; Peterman 2011). Despite progressive laws in many African countries, gender disparities commonly persist in women’s access and ownership of land (Doss et al. 2013). Although legal empowerment of women can help to strengthen their claims to land, developing country governments commonly lack the capacity to offer legal services. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1495792025-11-06T04:20:53Z Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights Billings, Lucy Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Mueller, Valerie gender policies empowerment assets land rights women Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase gender equality and advance other key social and economic development goals (FAO 2011; Peterman 2011). Despite progressive laws in many African countries, gender disparities commonly persist in women’s access and ownership of land (Doss et al. 2013). Although legal empowerment of women can help to strengthen their claims to land, developing country governments commonly lack the capacity to offer legal services. 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:34Z 2024-08-01T02:49:34Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149579 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Billings, Lucy; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela and Mueller, Valerie. 2014. Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights. IFPRI Research Brief 20. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149579 |
| spellingShingle | gender policies empowerment assets land rights women Billings, Lucy Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Mueller, Valerie Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights |
| title | Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights |
| title_full | Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights |
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| title_short | Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights |
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| topic | gender policies empowerment assets land rights women |
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