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When Women Have Land Rights, the Tide Begins to Turn
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According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), one way to address droughts that cause more deaths and displaces more people than any other natural disaster, and to halt desertification the silent, invisible crisis that threatens one-third of global land area is to bring about pressing legal reforms to establish gender parity in farm and forest land ownership and its management.
Poor rural women in developing countries are critical to the survival of their families. Fertile land is their lifeline. But the number of people negatively affected by land degradation is growing rapidly. Crop failures, water scarcity and the migration of traditional crops are damaging rural livelihoods. Action to halt the loss of more fertile land must focus on households. At this level, land use is based on the roles assigned to men and women. This is where the tide can begin to turn, says Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, in its 2017 study.
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Climate change is ushering in new population dynamics. As mens out-migration from indigenous and local communities continues to rise due to fall in land productivity, population growth and increasing outside opportunities for wage-labor, more women are left behind as de facto land managers, assuming even greater responsibilities in communities and households.
The importance of protecting the full spectrum of womens property rights becomes even more urgent as the number of women-led households in rural areas around the world continues to grow. The percentage of female-led households is increasing in half of the worlds 15 largest countries by population, including India and Pakistan.
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According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), one way to address droughts that cause more deaths and displaces more people than any other natural disaster, and to halt desertification the silent, invisible crisis that threatens one-third of global land area is to bring about pressing legal reforms to establish gender parity in farm and forest land ownership and its management.
Poor rural women in developing countries are critical to the survival of their families. Fertile land is their lifeline. But the number of people negatively affected by land degradation is growing rapidly. Crop failures, water scarcity and the migration of traditional crops are damaging rural livelihoods. Action to halt the loss of more fertile land must focus on households. At this level, land use is based on the roles assigned to men and women. This is where the tide can begin to turn, says Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, in its 2017 study.
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Climate change is ushering in new population dynamics. As mens out-migration from indigenous and local communities continues to rise due to fall in land productivity, population growth and increasing outside opportunities for wage-labor, more women are left behind as de facto land managers, assuming even greater responsibilities in communities and households.
The importance of protecting the full spectrum of womens property rights becomes even more urgent as the number of women-led households in rural areas around the world continues to grow. The percentage of female-led households is increasing in half of the worlds 15 largest countries by population, including India and Pakistan.
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http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/06/when-women-have-land-rights-the-tide-begins-to-turn/
Long article; the snip doesn't do it justice. One interesting comparison made is between the resiliency and food security of matrilineal indigenous groups, versus those with less entrenched land rights for women...
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When Women Have Land Rights, the Tide Begins to Turn (Original Post)
petronius
Jun 2017
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niyad
(113,074 posts)1. k and r for this excellent article.
niyad
(113,074 posts)2. "farmer" by kristin lems about the discrimination against farm women here.
Farmer
Words and music by Kristin Lems
1. I am a farmer, I been one all my life
Call me a farmer, and not a farmer's wife
The plough and hoe left their patterns on my hand
And now they tell me this is not my land
2. We raised two children, they are farmers too
A crop and garden every year we grew
Two hundred acres ain't no easy haul
But it's a good life, no regrets at all
3. When Joe turned 50, his back was actin up
We three took over, so's he could rest up
My Joe was buried where his daddy lies
And soon some men came, askin for my price
4. I said, "I live here, and here I'm gonna stay
What makes you think I wanna move away?"
They smiled real sly, said, "Now your farmer's dead.
This farm ain't yours till you pay the overhead."
5. I know we women, we ain't been in the know
But we're no fools as far as farmin goes
The crop don't know no woman's work or man's
There ain't no law can take me from my land
6. Cause I'm a farmer, I been one all my life
Call me a farmer, and not a farmer's wife
The plough and hoe left their patterns on my hand
No one can tell me this is not my land
This is my land!
mopinko
(70,022 posts)3. same song popped into my head.
women are also in the forefront of urban ag.
i would be interested to know whether women farmers get more nimby shit than men. i would bet my farm they do.
i know that the shit i have faced got extra vicious when i got divorced. could be a coincidence, but the reverse should have been true. as we got more settled and further along, things should have died down.
but no.
niyad
(113,074 posts)4. also the greenbelt movement and so many others.