Bringing land and gender equity to the surface
Dalrymple, Kate & Brenda Batistiana
Why involve women in land administration and titling? Because it is every persons right to have equal opportunity to access and benefits from land; womenns involvement in development is critical to enhancing economic empowerment and growth; participation strengthens the status of women and ensures there is common education; it provides an opportunity for dialogue and communication networks; participation ensures the recognition of womenns place in family, including inheritance, as well as in community and society; and this shows our appreciation of the different capacities, functions and strengths females can contribute to land development and management. Land administration projects in South East Asia have been in operation for over 20 years. Focusing on two major projects in the region, the Property Rights and Land Titling Project in Lao PDR and the Land Administration and Management Project in the Philippines, this paper shares a number of gender-responsive strategies that have been developed through the project cycle. National land reform initiatives in the region have a responsibility, emphasized by the international community and donors, to ensure that the critical issue of gender equity is effectively managed throughout the project design, in the implementation process, as well as in the evaluation of short- and long-term impacts.
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