Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure

The Land Tenure Service (SDAA) of the Rural Development Division prepared the Thesaurus covering the following sectors: legal, institutional, historical, description of space, tradition or written land tenure regulations, topographical, land management, as well as land tenure relation information techniques.

Published Book

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

2003

Gender and Access to Land

FAO Land Tenure Studies, Vol.4

This guide published by FAO discusses access to land and other natural resources, as well as provides background to land professionals on why gender issues matter in land projects.  It provides guidelines to ensure that land administrators protect the rights of all stakeholders.

Published Booklet

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

2002

Gender and Law: Women's Rights in Agriculture

FAO Legislative Study 76 2002

FAO Publication analyses gender norms relating to land rights, agricultural labour rights and rights concerning agricultural self-employment activities generally prevailing in each region of the world, and specifically in ten countries identified for their linguistic and cultural diversity. 

Published Book

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

2002

Socio-Economic and Gender-Sensitive Indicators in The Management of Natural Resources

This paper develops Socio-economic and Gender Sensitive (SEGS) indicators through the identification of SEGS factors that put differential pressure on the management and use of natural resources.  Contains graphic information and strategic recommendations.

Booklet to be Published

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Gender and Population Division

March 2003

A Gender Perspective on Land Rights, Equal Footing

This user-friendly pamphlet demonstrates the importance of equal access to land as a means to food and social security, as well as provides a framework for future efforts to ensure property rights to both men and women.  Includes colour photographs and other graphic information.

Published Pamphlet

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Gender and Development Service

2000

Aspectos jusrídicos en el acceso de la mujer a al tierra

Cuba, Honduras, Nucaragua y Republica Do   minicana

IN SPANISH This FAO publication gives a general analysis of women's access to land in four Latin American countries as well as summarizes relevant legislation from those nations.

Published Booklet

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

1998

Integrating Gender in Land Tenure Programs: Findings and Lessons from Country Case Studies

Explores some aspects of of customary land law and institutions that adjudicate land related conflicts but focuses on conflicts related to women's land rights.

Unpublished Draft

Lastarria-Cornhiel, Susana

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Gender and Development Service, and Land Tenure Service

March, 2002

Integrating Gender in Land and Natural Resource Tenure Programs: Policy Guidelines

Describes the institutional complexities that determine rights to land, particularly for women, including mechanisms for attaining land, and the influences of state, economic and cultural institutions on them.

Unpublished Draft

Lastrarria-Cornheil, Susana

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Gender and Development Service and Land Tenure Service

April 2000

Global Capitalism and its Impact on the Agrarian Transition in Developing Countries

Provides and in-depth analysis of the emergence and dominance of highly mobile and fluid global finance capital in the last part of the 20 th century,  and compares this global economic condition to that immediately proceeding the Great Depression.

Unpublished Document

Patnaik, Utsa

Centre for Economic Studies and Planning

Jawaharlal Nehru University,

New Delhi , India

UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development)

August 2001

Revisiting Customary Institutions and Gender Relations-A Daunting Challenge

Explores some aspects of of customary land law and institutions that adjudicate land related conflicts but focuses on conflicts related to women's land rights.

Unpublished Draft

Marcos, Zenebeworke Tadesse

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Gender and Development Service

March 2002

Gender and Land Tenure-Women's Access to Land and Inheritance Rights.  The Cases of Burkina Faso and Lesotho

March 2000

These case studies explore the gap in two Sub-Saharan African countries between modern legislation, which stresses gender equality, and laws based on customary traditions, which often place women at a disadvantage. 

Unpublished Draft

Pander, Heike

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)

GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Germany

Marriage System, Access to Land and

Social Protection for Women

Part One: The Case of Senegal

Analyses the relationship between Marriage customs

and women's access to land in Senegal.  Discusses

local women's beliefs and attitudes about such issues as the dowry system and polygamy, as well as how changes in traditional customs effect women's access to land as a form of social security.

Booklet to be Published

Platteau, J.P et al CRED (Centre de Recherche en Economie du Developpement)

University od Namur, Belgium

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

January 2000

Marriage System, Access to Land and

Social Protection for Women

Part Two: The Case of Burkina Faso

Compares traditional systems whereby women gain access to land in Burkina Faso with those in Senegal, as well as the religious and cultural differences that exist between these two countries. 

Booklet to be Published

Platteau, J.P et al CRED (Centre de Recherche en Economie du Developpement)

University od Namur, Belgium

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

January 2000

Piety in the Sky? Gender Policy and Land Reform in South Africa

This report concerns the disjuncture between formal policy documents promoting gender equality through land reform and the actual results of such policies in the current political climate of South Africa.

Unpublished Document

Walker, Cherryl

UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) and

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

July 2001

Vietnam Through the Lens of Gender: Five Years Later

Results from the second Vietnam Living Standards Survey

Analyses data from the second Vietnam Living Standards Survey, conducted during 1997-1998, with specific attention paid to gender-disaggregated data on household demographics, health, education, employment and earnings data.

Unpublished Document

Desai, Jaikishan

UNDP (United Nations Development Program)

November 2000

Agrarian Reform, Gender and Land Rights in Uzbekistan

Looks at agrarian reform in the post-Soviet period and its impacts on people and agriculture, especially the reversion to older, pre-Soviet customary patterns and the resultant erosion of women's rights with a return to traditional values.

Unpublished Document

Kandiyoti, Deniz, School of Oriental and African Studies

UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) and

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

July 2001

A Situação Legal Das Mulheres Face À Reforma Agrária

IN PORTUGESE (SUMMARY IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH)

Provides a comprehensive overview of agrarian reform programs and in Brazil and their resultant effects on the land rights of men and women, as well as proposes future legislation.

Unpublished Document

Barsted, Leila Linhares

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and

INCRA (Instituto Nacional de Colonizacao e Reforma Agraria)

April 2001

Women's Land Rights: Lessons Learned from Nicaragua

Analyses the historical, political and institutional context under which agrarian reform programmes in Nicaragua have been framed, with particular attention given to legal regulations, institutional changes, changes in land use planning, political environment and the role of women's organizations.

Unpublished Document

Ceci, Sara

University of Padova

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

December 2000

Empowering Women: Land and Property Rights in Latin America

Highlights the interconnections between economics, law and social movements, illustrating the hard facts of gender discrimination and its changing nature.

Published Book

Deere, Carmen Diana

University of Massachusetts-Amherst and

León, Magdalena, National University of Colombia

Univ of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

September 2001

Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change Under Neoliberalism

This volume explores agricultural policies and broader processes of agrarian change under international policy  regimes promoting market liberalization, privatization and decentralization, from a gender perspective.  It encompasses several investigative studies, and contains an extensive bibliography of research on this issue.

Published Book

Razavi, Shahara (ed.), UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development)

Kumarian Press, Inc., Bloomfield CT, USA

2002

Summary Report: International Workshop on Women's Access, Control and Tenure of Land, Property and Settlement

This report is the result of a workshop, held in Gävle, Sweden in October, 1995, which gathered experts from around the world to discuss obstacles to women's control and management of land use.  Participants worked toward assuring women's rights in land,  property and settlement.

Unpublished Presentation

National Land Survey of Sweden

The Swedish Preparatory Group of Habitat II

Boplats 96 and

The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya

October 1995