Namubiru-Mwaura, Evelyn2014-12-302014-12-302014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21033Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs, traditions, and perceptions. For most rural women, land tenure is complicated, with access and ownership often layered with barriers present in their daily realities: discriminatory social dynamics and strata, unresponsive legal systems, lack of economic opportunities, and lack of voice in decision making. Yet most policy reform, land management, and development programs disregard these realities in their interventions, which ultimately increases land tenure insecurity for rural women. This paper seeks to further develop the evidence base for access to and control over land.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO JUSTICEACCESS TO LANDADVOCACYAFFIRMATIVE ACTIONAGRARIAN REFORMAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTUREATTITUDES ABOUT WOMENBABYBARRIERS TO WOMENBLUEPRINTBOTH SEXESCASH CROPSCENSUSESCHILD HEALTHCIVIL WARCOURTCOURTSCROPSCUSTOMARY LAWCUSTOMARY LAWSCUSTOMARY PRACTICESDEMOCRACYDESCENTDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESDISSEMINATIONDIVORCEDIVORCED WOMANDIVORCESDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPOWERING WOMENEMPOWERMENTENVIRONMENTSEQUAL RIGHTSEQUALITY WITH MENEQUIPMENTETHNIC GROUPEXTENDED FAMILIESEXTENDED FAMILYEXTENSIONEXTENSION SERVICESFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PROPERTYFARMERSFARMSFEMALEFEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDFEMALESFIGHT AGAINST POVERTYFOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORESTFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONGENDERGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER INEQUITIESGENDER SENSITIVE LAWSGLOBAL CAMPAIGNGOVERNMENT POLICIESHEALTH CAREHIVHIV INFECTIONHOMEHOMESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD PROPERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMENHUMAN SETTLEMENTSHUNGERHUSBANDHUSBANDSINCOMESINDIVIDUAL RIGHTSINEQUALITIESINHERITANCEINHERITANCE RIGHTSINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMENINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTSISLAMIC LAWJUSTICELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND ADMINISTRATIONLAND OWNERSHIPLAND REFORMLAND RIGHTLAND RIGHTSLAND TENURELAND USELANDSLAWSLEGAL ENTITYLEGAL RIGHTSLEGAL STATUSLEGAL SUPPORTLEGISLATIONLEGISLATIONSLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLIVELIHOODSLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL AUTHORITIESMALE LINEAGEMANDATESMARITAL PROPERTYMARKET ECONOMYMARRIAGESMARRIED WOMANMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMEDIATORSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOTHERMUSLIM WOMENNATIONAL LEGISLATIONNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICIESNATURAL RESOURCESNEWBORNNGOSNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNUMBER OF WOMENNUTRITIONOLD AGEOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENORPHANSOWNERSHIP OF LANDOWNERSHIP RIGHTSPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY PROCESSESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPOLITICAL TURMOILPOLYGAMOUS MARRIAGESPOLYGAMYPOSTERSPRACTITIONERSPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIVATIZATIONPROGRESSPROMOTING GENDER EQUALITYPROMOTING GENDER EQUITYPROPERTY LAWPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC AWARENESSRANGELANDRELIGIOUS BELIEFSRELIGIOUS PRACTICESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESIDENCESRESPECTROLE OF WOMENRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL WOMENSEXSEX DISCRIMINATIONSEXESSHARIASHARIA LAWSINGLE WOMENSOCIAL COHESIONSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORSSPOUSESPOUSESSTATUS OF WOMENSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSYSTEMS OF LAND TENURETENURESTRADITIONAL GENDER ROLESURBAN AREASURBAN WOMENVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWEDDINGWIDOWWIDOWSWIFEWILLWILLSWIVESWOMAN10.1596/21033