This socio-legal analysis provides an overview of existing land governance arrangements in The Gambia as they relate to women’s access to land and resources. It discusses two different types of land tenure interventions: title deeds and certification. These inventions vary according to different types of recognized rights-holders and the area in which rights are being formalized. Access to and control over land and other productive resources in The Gambia is shaped by complex tenure systems. Coexisting and interacting customary systems and statutory regulations are influenced by reform processes, with differentiated effects in rural and urban areas. Rights to resources are often negotiated across multiple rights-holders, overlapping tenure regimes and resource systems. Despite important progress through legislative reforms, implementation has been slow and prevailing barriers and gaps continue to influence the recognition of women’s land rights and their ability to benefit from them.
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https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008262Altmetric score:
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- Global Initiative to secure women's land rights through gender transformative approaches
- 2021 IFPRI/PIM Grants: 1. Flagship 1: Technological Innovation and Sustainable Intensification; 2. Flagship 5: Governance of Natural Resources and Flagship 6: Cross-cutting Gender Research & Coordination
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher
CIFOR-ICRAF and International Fund for Agricultural Development
Publication year
2021
Authors
Monterroso, I.; Enokenwa, O.; Paez-Valencia, A.M.
Geographic
Gambia
Topic
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Gambia
Project Leader
Iliana Monterroso
Consultant
Anne Larson
Team Leader, Equal Opportunities, Gender Justice & Tenure