Women’s Land Rights in Asia | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2015
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ISSN: 2 224 - 1360
Pages: 
12

In Asia, land issues affect women in ways that call for serious deliberation and action. Suffice it to say, the legitimate concerns of females transcend generations and geographical borders. Attaining a stable livelihood, meeting basic resource needs and having adequate housing are just some of the issues that affect women. There is, however, a pressing need to heed the woes of rural women in particular. The poor are swelling in numbers and the condition of poor rural women lies on the fringes of the global economic agenda.

his issue brief highlights the challenges women are facing on access to lands, and the strategies in achieving gender justice for land rights – based from the results of the scoping studies on women and land in seven Asian countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Philippines).

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

atherine Liamzon, Anika Arevalo, Marianne Jane Naungayan

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