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Beyond Ownership: Measuring Land Rights

Beyond Ownership: Measuring Land Rights
03 Mayo 2021
Prof. Cheryl Doss
Dr. Vanya Slavchevska

Advancing women’s land rights is a priority for the international development agenda. Yet, there is no consensus on which rights should be monitored and reported. Three indicators of women’s property rights are widely used in the literature. Each captures a different aspect of women’s land rights, but a recent paper explores the extent to which these different rights are held by the same person, using data from six African countries.

Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?

Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?
08 Marzo 2021
Shipra Deo

In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to silence their claims to land

When Talabitti’s husband died in 2016, her claim to the family land seemed to die with him. Though her husband had worked the family land by himself, upon his death his male cousins laid their claim. If Talabitti attempted to make a competing claim, they threatened to drive her away – with violence, if necessary. Sadly, this threat materialized.

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Events

Land Rights for Sustainable Development - The Role of Data

Land Rights for Sustainable Development - The Role of Data
16 Enero 2024
European Commission
Brussels
Belgium

Having secure land tenure, ensuring people's confidence in accessing, controlling and utilizing their land, is crucial for promoting sustainable land management practices. It also plays a key role in building resilience against the impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and increased desertification due to higher temperatures.

International Land Coalition
Land Portal Foundation
Land Matrix
Prindex

Foro por la Tierra y los Territorios

Foro por la Tierra y los Territorios
21 Febrero 2024 - 22 Febrero 2024
Ecuador

El Foro por la Tierra y los Territorios se propone como un espacio de encuentro para fomentar el diálogo y la articulación entre diversas actorías sociales para analizar los problemas relacionados con la tierra y los territorios, y fortalecer acciones colectivas para la defensa de la vida, la naturaleza, los derechos y los bienes comunes.

Instituto de Estudios Ecuatorianos

Foro Pacífico: Territorios colectivos de comunidades negras: Apuestas y voces frente al bienestar y un mejor ambiente

Foro Pacífico: Territorios colectivos de comunidades negras: Apuestas y voces frente al bienestar y un mejor ambiente
13 Noviembre 2023
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá
Colombia

Este año, la Ley cumple 30 años y es un espacio importante para reflexionar sobre: la historia, los avances, el rol que juegan los territorios colectivos, los retos en la reglamentación, proceso, prospectiva

World Wildlife Fund
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Expert Group Meeting: Securing Women's Land Rights In The SDGs Monitoring Framework

Conference Papers & Reports
Junio, 2017
Global

This Expert Group Meeting (EGM1 ) was convened with the purpose of examining land indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promoting meaningful and harmonised approaches to monitoring women’s land rights (WLR)2 . It was convened by the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) of the GLTN, UN Habitat, and Oxfam with inputs and assistance from Landesa, UN Women and Huairou Commission as part of a process of work on the development of methodologies for the land related SDG indicator monitoring.

Urban Land Conflicts and Evictions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Reports & Research
Agosto, 2017
América Latina y el Caribe

The Latin American and Caribbean Urban CSO Cluster, part of the Global Land Tools Network (GTLN), together with Habitat for Humanity’s Solid Ground Campaign and the Land Portal Foundation, launched an online debate on Urban Land Conflicts in Latin America and the Caribbean in January 2017. Responding to the common interest to make information easy to access and flow to boost collaboration among stakeholders as a critical basis to improve land governance.

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