Transcript Programme of Work 2012

Enhancing women’s land rights
through legal empowerment
Lessons learned from community-based activities
Why women’s land rights?
1
Women’s human rights are violated
2
Women’s key role in food security and natural resource management is not recognised
“If women had the same access to productive resources as men, they would increase yields on their
farms by 20-30 percent. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5-4
percent, which could in turn reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 12-17 percent”
(FAO, 2011: 5)
Challenges and priorities in advancing
women’s land rights
1
Understanding rights: the importance of information
2
Claiming rights: the importance of monitoring and mobilisation
3
Guaranteeing rights: the importance of enabling environments and implementation
Why legal empowerment?
The use of law to specifically strengthen the disadvantaged (IDLO, 2010)
VGGT Principles of Implementation
Equity and justice
(3B.3)
Gender equality
(3B.4)
Recognizing that equality between individuals may require […] taking
positive action, including empowerment, in order to promote equitable
tenure rights and access to land, fisheries and forests, for all, women and
men […]
Ensure the equal right of women and men to the enjoyment of all human
rights, while […] taking specific measures aimed at accelerating de facto
equality when necessary.
Community-based activities promoting
the legal empowerment of rural women
Objective and features
• Document innovative ways of promoting women’s land rights and facilitate
knowledge sharing and mutual learning;
• Piloting activities/short timeframe/small budget
• Community-based activities
Partners
CINEP
Oxfam GB
SARRA
SWADHINA
UEFA
Colombia
Pakistan
India
India
DR Congo
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Lessons learned
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Never underestimate women’s enthusiasm to learn
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Prioritise capacity-building targeted to women
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Recognise the importance of accessible information
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Pay attention to perceptions of gender equality
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Address different levels appropriately
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Be aware of the role CSOs can play
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Follow through to move from empowerment toward emancipation
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Encourage horizontal learning and collective action
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Bear in mind the complexity of land tenure security
Opportunities
Problem
Objective
Tool
Understanding rights
Women’s human rights are violated
Claiming rights
CEDAW
Guaranteeing rights
Women’s key role in food security
and natural resource management is
not recognised
Understanding the guidelines
Claiming the guidelines
Implementing the guidelines
VGGT
Thank you!
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