TY - JOUR

T1 - Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development

T2 - Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges

AU - Ravnborg, Helle Munk

AU - Spichiger, Rachel

AU - Broegaard, Rikke Brandt

AU - Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbæk

PY - 2016/4/1

Y1 - 2016/4/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Customary

KW - Development cooperation

KW - Gender equality

KW - Land tenure

KW - Legal

KW - Statutory

U2 - 10.1002/jid.3215

DO - 10.1002/jid.3215

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84960384729

VL - 28

SP - 412

EP - 427

JO - Journal of International Development

JF - Journal of International Development

SN - 0954-1748

IS - 3

ER -