This in_focus website assembles a variety of resources on women and land rights. Including videos, case studies, research reports, and books, the site presents results of IDRC-supported research and the important lessons that have been learned. Surprisingly little detailed information exists on women’s relationship to land, and even less is informed by women themselves. This in_focus website aims to help fill that gap. Grounded in local realities, the evidence gathered here captures the diversity and complexity of women’s experiences from across the developing world.
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Land is an important source of security against poverty. But, in many places, unequal rights to land put women at a disadvantage, perpetuate poverty, and entrench gender inequality.
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With IDRC support, researchers, academics, grassroots activists, and community leaders around the world have worked together to explore the experiences of women from many angles: legal, customary, political, and economic.
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The evidence presented here provides fresh insight for policymakers and others working to secure women’s rights to land and thus strengthen the communities in which they live.
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IN_FOCUS COLLECTION > WOMEN AND LAND Securing Rights for Better Lives