On equal grounds: Promising practices for realizing women’s rights in collectively held lands

Abstract

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes equal and secure land rights for women as integral to attaining the global goals of ending poverty and hunger and realizing a more gender-equitable world. This report seeks to advance women’s land rights by documenting promising practices and approaches for securing women’s tenure rights in collectively held lands gleaned from five communities in different parts of the world.