Achieving SDG indicator 5.a.2 in the Western Balkans: Partnerships for gender equality in land ownership and control

ADELA LLATJA, MARGRET VIDAR, MARGREET GOELEMA, NAOMI KENNEY, RUMYANA TONCHOVSKA

Legal framework assessments in the Western Balkans have revealed that while some gaps could be addressed through regulatory reform and the adoption of by-laws, notaries and registration offices have an important role to play in ensuring that the law is implemented and that women’s interests in land are registered and secure. The current phase of an ongoing collaboration between FAO, GIZ and IUNL is focused on developing guidelines for notaries and registration offices, pinpointing steps in their service provision where the integration of gender considerations is of critical importance to ensure that all rights holders – men and women – are correctly identified, and their rights recorded and protected. The paper provides an overview of the current collaboration in the context of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, as well as the achievement of SDG indicator 5.a.2 in the sub-region.

Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018

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