Record Item Year: 2019
Mobile Phones Are Key to Economic Development. Are Women Missing out?
Global Perceptions of Urban Land Tenure Security Report: Evidence from 33 countries
Women’s Perceptions of Tenure Security: Evidence from 33 countries
LandMark: Global Platform of Indigenous and Community Lands
Legal Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities: Sustainable Options for Marginalized/Vulnerable Communities in Nigeria
Democracy in Retreat: Freedom in the World 2019 Report
Perceived Tenure (In)Security in the Era of Rural Transformation: Gender-Disaggregated Analysis from Mozambique
Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract: Most literature on land tenure in sub-Saharan Africa has presented women as a homogenous group. This study uses evidence from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe to show that women have differentiated problems, needs, and statuses in their quest for land access and tenure security. It illustrates how women-to-women differences influence women’s access to land. By investigating differentiations in women’s land tenure in the three countries, the study identifies multiple and somewhat interlinked ways in which differentiations exist in women’s land tenure. It achieved some key outcomes. The findings include a matrix of factors that differentiate women’s land access and tenure security, […]