Update on Resource Equity
After nearly a decade of working together, Resource Equity has made the difficult decision to close and pursue other opportunities.
We are in the process of trying to secure new homes for the Women’s Land Rights Institute and LandWise legal database, so please stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, these resources will continue to be hosted here.
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Women's Land Rights - Foundational Pieces
These resources are the foundation for our work in women’s land rights
Country: Multiple Countries
Creator: Scalise, E. & Giovarelli, R.
Collection Type: Articles
Jurisdiction: None
Topics: Land Reform Equal Rights Land & Property
DOWNLOAD WHAT WORKS PAPER → (ENG | ES | FR)
This framework is designed for use by both practitioners and researchers, to provide some shared concepts and language.3 When more consistent data is collected, both qualitative and quantitative, comparative analyses become more feasible. Every project, both interventions and research on the impacts, will want to focus on the particular issues relevant to them. By including some common information in the analysis and evaluations, we can see how the lessons might apply elsewhere.
DOWNLOAD CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK → (ENG | ES | FR)
The Starting With Women (SWW) approach begins by asking what rights women have to land. It then moves on to strengthen and secure those rights, both within families and in the community.
The approach starts from the view that women in all communities know what they want and need in terms of their land rights, and that with information, guidance, and support from one another, they can develop a plan to get what they want and need.
Quicklinks
Practice Guides
- Women, Land, and Extractives: Global Best Practice
- Supporting an Engaged East African Civil Society to Enable Equitable Natural Resources Development
- Women's Land Tenure Framework for Analysis: Inheritance (ENG)(FR)
- Women's Land Tenure Framework for Analysis: Land Rights (ENG) (FR)
- International Agreements and How to Build a Legal Case for Women's Land Rights (ENG)
- Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming (ENG) (FR) (ES)
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Read up on the latest news, research, and events or learn more through our blog.

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Update on Resource Equity
- Kat Oak·
- February 7, 2023 12:43 pm·

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Centering Indigenous and Collective Land Rights Within International NGOs
- Kat Oak·
- January 25, 2023 4:13 am·

- Blog ·
Incorporating Gender into Community Land Rights Programs in Liberia
- Kat Oak·
- January 20, 2023 5:36 am·

- Blog ·
New! Possibilities for Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming
- Kat Oak·
- January 20, 2023 1:00 am·

- Blog ·
Transforming Career Prospects and Opportunities in Namibia
- Kat Oak·
- January 18, 2023 1:54 am·

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Developing a Community of Women’s Rights Advocates in Ghana
- Kat Oak·
- January 5, 2023 6:00 am·