TS02B: ENHANCING WOMEN’S ACCESS (TO LAND AND SURVEYING) - 1 [10528]

Commission: 1, 7 & TF on SDG
Chair: Ms. Kate Fairlie, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Ms. Claire Buxton, New Zealand


In 2001, FIG published the FIG Guidelines on the Principles for Equitable Gender Inclusion in Land Administration (FIG Publication 24). In this publication, FIG contributed to the global push to recognise the importance women’s land rights and land access for social justice, economic sustainability, and environmental protection. In the two decades since, efforts have continued by NGOs, CSOs, national governments, development partners and multilaterals. In particular, the Stand for Her Land (S4HL) campaign was established to close the implementation gap for women’s land rights, with support from a global steering committee including GLTN, Habitat for Humanity, Huairou Commission, International Land Coalition, Landesa, Rights and Resources Initiative and the World Bank.

This session updates on the latest developments and current practice of surveyors in promoting and mainstreaming the land rights of women, drawing also on efforts to promote indigenous land rights and rights of the urban poor.

Attendees are asked to consider: what is the role of surveyors alongside other actors in achieving women’s land rights? What should FIG seek to achieve in this Commission 7 Working Group, in collaboration with Commission 1 and the Task Force on the SDGs.

Marisa Balas (Mozambique), Christiaan Lemmen (Netherlands), Rosana Albuquerque (Portugal) and Eva-Maria Unger (Austria):
Promoting Women's Land Rights in SubSaharan Africa: Potential Mitigation Measures to Gender Inequality in Land Access and Land Tenure Security A Literature Review (12221)
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Monica Lengoiboni (Netherlands), Dora Dadey (Ghana), Wytske Chamberlain-van der Werf, Ajay Bailey and Jaap Zevenbergen (Netherlands):
A Review of Long-Term Impacts of Land Registration on Women’s Land Rights (11984)
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Basirata Abudu-Akindali and Jemmima Adi Agyekum (Ghana):
Women in Cadastral Surveying -Its Challenges and Prospects In Ghana (11887)
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Jimmy Alani, Godfrey Toko, Ibrahim Magemeso, Richard Oput and Joseph Mivule (Uganda):
Securing Gender Sensitive Systems for Land Surveys and Registration in Uganda (12126)
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Jonathan Zinzi Ayitey, Mustapha Okyere and Frank Gyamfi Yeboah (Ghana):
Understanding the Effects of Commoditization of Land on the Indigenes’ Land Tenure Security in Peri-Urban Ghana. (11862)
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Raja Ram Chhatkuli (Nepal), Danilo Antonio, Hellen Ndungu (Kenya), Ranjita Kattel, Jagat Deuja (Nepal) and John Gitau (Kenya):
Securing Land Rights of the Landless and Urban Poor from Policy to Practice: The Case of Kankai Municipality, Nepal (12015)
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