Women and Land Rights

There is a direct relationship between women’sright to land, economic empowerment, food securityand poverty reduction. A gender approachto land rights can enable shifts in gender powerrelations, and assure that all people, regardlessof sex, benefit from, and are empowered by,development policies and practices to improvepeople’s rights to land. This brief gives an overviewon how to consider gender aspects in projectsand programmes addressing land rights.There is a direct relationship between women’sright to land, economic empowerment, food securityand poverty reduction. A gender approachto land rights can enable shifts in gender powerrelations, and assure that all people, regardlessof sex, benefit from, and are empowered by,development policies and practices to improvepeople’s rights to land. This brief gives an overviewon how to consider gender aspects in projectsand programmes addressing land rights.