Title:
Women's land rights and women's empowerment : one and the same?
Authors:
Pallas, Sabine
Place:
[Geneva
Publisher:
Graduate institute of international and development studies
Year:
2011]
PAGE:
269--289
Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
gender, land use, poverty alleviation, empowerment, land rights, women
Abstract:
\\sl276\\slmult1Women's land rights are particularly crucial, as secure access to land and other natural resources is a basis for sustainable livelihoods and a key factor in assuring food security. The ability to access land is contingent on processes of empowerment.
URL:
http://graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/genre/shared/Genre_docs/Actes_2010/Actes_2010_Pallas.pdf
Document type:
Portal