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A Book Review of “Equality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws an...
What will it take to close gender gaps worldwide? The authors of this essential analysis of women’s economic equality tackle this question and remind readers that laws(and the processes in place to im...
A Book Review of “Equality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws an...
What will it take to close gender gaps worldwide? The authors of this essential analysis of women’s economic equality tackle this question and remind readers that laws(and the processes in place to im...
Why Strengthening Women’s Land Rights in Conflict-affected C...
Land rights are complicated, especially in fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) affected situations. This blog highlights how women’s land rights can contribute to economic and social stability, fo...
Q&A: Women’s Assets, Shocks and Lasting Empowerment (2023)
In this interview, Agnes Quisumbing, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, talks about how shocks affect women’s assets and ways that development programming ca...
Curious to know more? - May 2024 - Assets and Resources
Looking for insights into the link between women’s asset ownership and empowerment and how this can inform public policy? Read this article. Interested in property rights and women’s empowerment in In...
Forest Power: The Impact of Community Forest Management on F...
According to the authors of this study, engaging in community forest management does empower women. They conducted an analysis using a household-level survey of forest-dwelling residents in the Maya B...
Integrating Gender in Land Projects: A Toolkit (2022)
This Toolkit offers a blueprint for building strategies and adopting good practices to address the legal, social, and structural barriers that hinder women from exercising their land rights. Written f...
Women's Legal Rights and Gender Gaps in Property Ownership i...
Drawing on data from Demographic and Health Surveys across 41 low-income countries, this paper finds that husbands are, on average, 2.7 times more likely than wives to own property solely and 1.4 time...
Housing Ownership Gender Differences in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2...
This paper provides surprising evidence on gender gaps in urban housing ownership. About 1,300 households in a low-income area of Dhaka were randomly selected, with male and female respondents (who we...
Asset Ownership and Female Empowerment: Evidence from a Natu...
Researchers use data collected in the aftermath of the massive 2010 floods to investigate the impact of this wealth shock on marital asset ownership and women’s empowerment. The estimated results show...
How Many and Which Women Own Land in India? Inter-gender and...
Despite advances in inheritance laws that have strengthened daughters’ rights, women are significantly more likely to inherit land as widows. This study sheds light on low female land ownership rates ...