Full citation: Buvinic, M., Furst-Nichols, R., and Pryor, E. C., “A Roadmap for Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment,” UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION (2013). – This roadmap has a section on the importance of formal ownership and control over farmland for women’s productivity and economic security, hinging on paying attention to social and local contexts. It recommends an integrated suite of services, which target both production and marketing and address social constraints. It notes that land titling programs can help women where women’s names are on the title and where attention is paid to customary rules and the ways they may discriminate. Also […]
