THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2010-2011 - 2011

Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development

This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture series addresses Women in agriculture, including with regard to land tenure.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

GOVERNING LAND FOR WOMEN AND MEN - 2011

GENDER AND VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE OF LAND AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES

Land Tenure Working Paper 19. The present paper is written as part of the overall Voluntary Guidelines consultation and development process and is a contribution to the subsequent preparation of the Gender Technical Guide. It contextualises and defines gender for the Voluntary Guidelines, discusses what governance of tenure means from a gender perspective and identifies and analyses key issues and themes. It then summarises recommendations relevant to gender before drawing some conclusions for the development process of the Voluntary Guidelines.

Selected publications on gender and tenure,Technical Papers,Voluntary Guidelines

Gender in agriculture - 2010

Sourcebook

This milestone publication, jointly produced by the World Bank, FAO and IFAD, represents the collective work of over 100 writers and reviewers. Capitalizing on the comparative strengths of the three organizations, the Sourcebook synthesizes in one place, knowledge, experience and tools and provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues and the complexities of linking gender equality, poverty reduction, sustainable livelihoods and food security against the backdrop of a rapidly changing agricultural sector.
The Module 4 concentrates on gender issues in land policy and administration.

Miscellaneous Documents,Selected publications on gender and tenure

LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS - 2010

Junior Farmer Field and Life Support - Facilitator's Guide

This Module on land and property rights raises awareness about the difficulties women and orphans face with respect to ownership, control, transfer and disposal of land, houses, plots and business premises. It helps to inform children and women on seeking help and advice if they feel unfairly treated, have general questions or are affected by property grabbing.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

LAND ACCESS IN RURAL AFRICA: STRATEGIES TO FIGHT GENDER INEQUALITY - 2008

FAO-Dimitra workshop: Information and communication strategies to fight gender inequality as regards land access and its consequences for rural populations in Africa

This document comprises a summary of the meeting's proceedings and a range of articles that were produced for the workshop by FAO and the network’s partners.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

GENDER AND LAW - 2007

Women’s rights in agriculture

FAO Legislative Study 76. This study examines the legal status of women in three key areas: rights to land and other natural resources; rights of women agricultural workers; and rights concerning women’s agricultural self-employment activities, ranging from women’s status in rural cooperatives to their access to credit, training and extension services.

Legislative Studies,Selected publications on gender and tenure

2. Improving gender equity in access to land - 2006

FAO Land tenure notes: In most societies, access to land has favoured certain individuals and groups at the expense of others. Women are one of the groups that often have fewer and weaker rights to land. The guide addresses gender relations and how their structure affects access to land. It provides some answers to the questions of “what is access to land” and “why is gender important”. The guide presents strategies to improve gender equity.

Notes,Selected publications on gender and tenure

Gender and land compendium of country studies - 2005

Hunger and poverty are, in general, consequences of inadequate and restricted access to land and other resources, such as capital, inputs and technology; being women among those with less access to land, while accounting for a large share in small-scale food production. Over the past few decades, governments and civil society have been attempting to implement land regulations that seek to improve women's land rights. Nevertheless, most initiatives developed to promote land reform programmes continue to underestimate the implications that gender asymmetric land policies entail for agriculture and food security. Most modern institutional arrangements for land tenure tend to maintain existing gender and social inequities. Political changes are required to revisit existing institutional mechanisms to ensure that rights to land are acknowledged as basic human rights and that women's equal rights are effectively incorporated into land policy and tenure programmes. This compendium has been put together to provide an improved understanding of the complex issues concerning gender and land.

Miscellaneous Documents,Selected publications on gender and tenure

TILL TO TILLER - 2004

Linkages between international remittances and access to land in West Africa

This study explores the linkages between international remittances and access to land in the home countries, with a focus on West Africa.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

REPORT OF THE FAO/OXFAM GB WORKSHOP ON WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA Pretoria, South Africa - 2003

This paper depicts the proceedings of the FAO/OXFAM GB Workshop on Women's Land Rights Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa, held in Pretoria, South Africa, 17-19 June 2003.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

4. Gender and access to land - 2002

Gender issues are often ignored in projects that aim to improve land tenure and land administration. To support land administrators in governments and their counterparts in civil society, this guide shows where and why gender inclusion is important in projects. In order to help inform policy and implementation decisions, it identifies indicators for measuring the quality and quantity of access to land before, during and after an intervention and outlines recommended principles for gender inclusion in land administration projects.

Selected publications on gender and tenure,Studies

HIGH LEVEL CONSULTATION ON RURAL WOMEN AND INFORMATION - 1999

Gender Issues in Land Tenure

This paper attempts to highlight gender-related land tenure and land administration issues that call for a policy framework which will address development challenges and the demographic changes taking place in rural societies.

Selected publications on gender and tenure

ACCOUNTING FOR CUSTOMARY LAND AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES - 1997

The example of Niger

This text briefly addresses strengths and weaknesses faced by shift in land tenure policies of the 1980s in the Sahel region and specifically Niger.

Selected publications on gender and tenure