Women’s Land Rights in Colombia
Securing Women’s Resource Rights through Gender Transformative Approaches
This paper reviews land governance in Colombia to examine how legal, institutional, and cultural frameworks influence women’s land rights. It reviews existing statutory regulations and institutional structures defining land rights in Colombia and their relevance for women. It will examine tenure interventions in Colombia and the existing gaps and constraints that prevent women from exercising their land rights. Finally, it unpacks access to justice and land dispute resolution mechanisms and the ability of women to access justice mechanisms in Colombia.
Publisher: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Author: P. Cronkleton
Other authors: O. Enokenwa
Organization: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Other organizations: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Year: 2024
Country/ies: Colombia
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Technical paper
Full text available at: https://www.cifor-icraf.org/publications/pdf_files/Books/Socio-legal-review-Colombia.pdf
Content language: English