Record Topic: Equal Rights
Ghana National Gender Policy
Creation of the National Women’s Service (Law No. 19023)
By Kat Oak
In Spanish: Crea el Servicio Nacional de la Mujer.
Do Land Rights Formalization Interventions Work for Women?
By Kat Oak
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 and interventions.
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire Law 2019-870: Promoting the representation of women in elected assemblies
By Kat Oak
States a 30% quota for female candidates in elections at national, regional, district, and municipal levels of government.
Forest tenure pathways to gender equality: A practitioner’s guide
By Kat Oak
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 in various institutional arenas such as policy and law-making and implementation, government administration, customary or community-based tenure governance, or forest restoration at the landscape scale. This sourcebook provides multiple forms of guidance from: conceptual ideas, operational direction, good practices, case-study insights, research findings and resources […]
Methods for Measuring Women’s Empowerment
By Kat Oak
Impacts of Resettlement on Women’s Land Tenure Security
By Kat Oak
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 Kat Oak
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
Evidence Brief: Do Inheritance Reforms Work for Women?
This evidence brief builds on the analysis and findings of our report, “What Works for Women’s Land and Property Rights? What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?” (Scalise & Giovarelli, 2020).