Do we know what works for women in urban land and housing?
By Karen Chen
Record Jurisdiction: None
Do Land Rights Formalization Interventions Work for Women?
By Karen Chen
Evidence brief. Includes a) contextualizing land rights formalization, b) what do we know about land rights formalization interventions and outcomes for women, c) more on what is known about land rights formalization and outcomes for women, d) challenges in assessing whether formalization efforts work to improve women’s land tenure security, and e) recommendations for research […]
Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming
By Karen Chen
“The purpose of this study is to understand the legal and policy constraints and opportunities in each of the 17-carbon fund (CF) countries affecting women’s land and forest tenure. The study also explores women’s ability to exercise land and forest rights in statutory and customary systems; how these rights may be affected by the CF […]
Forest tenure pathways to gender equality: A practitioner’s guide
By Karen Chen
Abstract/Description “This practitioner’s guide explains how to promote gender-responsive forest tenure reform in community-based forest regimes. It is aimed at those taking up this challenge in developing countries. There is no one single approach to reforming forest tenure practices for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rather, it involves taking advantage of opportunities that emerge […]
Impacts of Resettlement on Women’s Land Tenure Security
By digitalthing
A Resource Equity Research Paper
To What Extent Have Judicial and Non-Judicial Rulings Translated to the Success of Women’s Land Tenure in Western Kenya
By digitalthing
A Resource Equity Research Paper
Exploring Gendered Wellbeing in Slum Resettlement Project in Odisha, India [Final Report]
By digitalthing
A Resource Equity Research Paper
How Effective is the Promotion of Women’s Customary Land Rights in Improving Women’s Land Tenure Security in Sierra Leone?
A Resource Equity Research Paper
Research on The Impact of Land Rights Reforms Within the Household, Especially for Women in Men-Headed Households in Kyrgyzstan
A Resource Equity Research Paper
On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands
By Karen Chen
Detailing case studies from five communities around the world showing promising approaches to securing equal tenure rights for women and the conditions that enabled these communities to do so.