Author : Billings, Lucy,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Mueller, Valerie
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on womens land rights by Billings, Lucy,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Mueller, Valerie Pdf
Improving womens ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase gender equality and advance other key social and economic development goals. Despite progressive laws in many African countries, gender disparities commonly persist in womens access and ownership of land. Although legal empowerment of women can help to strengthen their claims to land, developing country governments commonly lack the capacity to offer legal services. Civil society is increasingly stepping in to fill the wide gap in legal service provision, with the aim of empowering marginalized groups and individuals to exercise their legal rights. Although legal aid has wide application, this brief focuses on the consequences of regulating services provided at the community level to support womens land rights.