Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women s access to and control over land and real property in urban se...

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Main Author: Rakodi, Carole
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431440/expanding-womens-access-land-housing-urban-areas
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topic ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
ACCESS TO LAND
ADVOCACY
AGE OF MARRIAGE
AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURE
CENSUSES
CHILD CARE
CHILD-BEARING
CHILDBEARING
CHRONIC POVERTY
CITIES
CITIZENS
CIVIL MARRIAGE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
COMPENSATION
CONSENSUAL UNIONS
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES
COURT
COURTS
CULTURAL PRACTICES
CULTURAL RIGHTS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DECEASED HUSBAND
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEPENDENCY RATIOS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DWELLING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPOWERMENT
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL RIGHTS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EVICTIONS
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HOME
FAMILY HOUSE
FAMILY INCOME
FAMILY LAW
FAMILY LAWS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY PROPERTY
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
FARMERS
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER
GENDER AWARENESS
GENDER BIAS
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER NORMS
GENDER ROLES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GREEN SPACE
HABITAT
HARASSMENT
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
HOME
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOMEOWNERS
HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
HOUSING MARKET
HOUSING MARKETS
HOUSING NEEDS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING POLICY
HOUSING PROGRAMMES
HOUSING SUPPLY
HOUSING UNITS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILL HEALTH
IMPACTS OF POLICIES
INCOMES
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INHERITANCE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
ISLAMIC LAW
KINSHIP
LABOUR MARKETS
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDLORDS
LANDOWNERS
LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN
LAWS
LEASEHOLD
LEASES
LEGAL AID
LEGAL CHANGES
LEGAL MARRIAGE
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LIVELIHOODS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
MARITAL PROPERTY
MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGES
MASCULINITY
MIGRANTS
MINOR CHILDREN
MINORITY
MORTGAGES
MUSLIM WOMEN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEIGHBOURHOODS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OLD AGE
OLDER MEN
OLDER WOMEN
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PANDEMIC
PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
PEACE
PENSION
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT
PERSONAL SAFETY
POLICY CHANGE
POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION
PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS
PRIVATE LAND
PRIVATE OWNERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRESS
PROPERTY LAW
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PROPERTY RIGHT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC ARENA
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC LAND
PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL PROPERTY
RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
REMITTANCES
RENTAL HOUSING
RESETTLEMENT
RESIDENCE
RESPECT
RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
ROADS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL WOMEN
SANITATION
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
SELF-HELP
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SEX
SEX RATIOS
SINGLE WOMEN
SLUM DWELLERS
SLUMS
SMALLER FAMILIES
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
SQUATTERS
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STRATEGY FOR WOMEN
TAXATION
TENANTS
UNMARRIED WOMEN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTRE
URBAN COMMUNITY
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN LAND
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN WOMEN
UTILITIES
VULNERABILITY
WIDOW
WIDOWERS
WIDOWS
WIFE
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE
YOUNG COUPLES
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
ACCESS TO LAND
ADVOCACY
AGE OF MARRIAGE
AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURE
CENSUSES
CHILD CARE
CHILD-BEARING
CHILDBEARING
CHRONIC POVERTY
CITIES
CITIZENS
CIVIL MARRIAGE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
COMPENSATION
CONSENSUAL UNIONS
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES
COURT
COURTS
CULTURAL PRACTICES
CULTURAL RIGHTS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DECEASED HUSBAND
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEPENDENCY RATIOS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DWELLING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPOWERMENT
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUAL RIGHTS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EVICTIONS
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HOME
FAMILY HOUSE
FAMILY INCOME
FAMILY LAW
FAMILY LAWS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY PROPERTY
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
FARMERS
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER
GENDER AWARENESS
GENDER BIAS
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER NORMS
GENDER ROLES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GREEN SPACE
HABITAT
HARASSMENT
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
HOME
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOMEOWNERS
HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES
HOUSES
HOUSING
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
HOUSING MARKET
HOUSING MARKETS
HOUSING NEEDS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING POLICY
HOUSING PROGRAMMES
HOUSING SUPPLY
HOUSING UNITS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
ILL HEALTH
IMPACTS OF POLICIES
INCOMES
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INHERITANCE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
ISLAMIC LAW
KINSHIP
LABOUR MARKETS
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LANDLORDS
LANDOWNERS
LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN
LAWS
LEASEHOLD
LEASES
LEGAL AID
LEGAL CHANGES
LEGAL MARRIAGE
LEGAL PROTECTION
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LIVELIHOODS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
MARITAL PROPERTY
MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGES
MASCULINITY
MIGRANTS
MINOR CHILDREN
MINORITY
MORTGAGES
MUSLIM WOMEN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEIGHBOURHOODS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OLD AGE
OLDER MEN
OLDER WOMEN
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PANDEMIC
PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
PEACE
PENSION
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT
PERSONAL SAFETY
POLICY CHANGE
POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION
PRACTITIONERS
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS
PRIVATE LAND
PRIVATE OWNERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRESS
PROPERTY LAW
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PROPERTY RIGHT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC ARENA
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC LAND
PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING
PUBLIC SERVICES
REAL PROPERTY
RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
REMITTANCES
RENTAL HOUSING
RESETTLEMENT
RESIDENCE
RESPECT
RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
ROADS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL WOMEN
SANITATION
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
SELF-HELP
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SEX
SEX RATIOS
SINGLE WOMEN
SLUM DWELLERS
SLUMS
SMALLER FAMILIES
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
SQUATTERS
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STRATEGY FOR WOMEN
TAXATION
TENANTS
UNMARRIED WOMEN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTRE
URBAN COMMUNITY
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN LAND
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN WOMEN
UTILITIES
VULNERABILITY
WIDOW
WIDOWERS
WIDOWS
WIFE
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE
YOUNG COUPLES
YOUNG WOMEN
Rakodi, Carole
Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
description Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women s access to and control over land and real property in urban settings, identifying approaches to strengthening property rights that enhance women s agency, and sharing key lessons. Section two synthesizes the evidence on urban women s priorities with respect to land and housing; the factors that influence women s access to and control over land and secure tenure, including legal and institutional frameworks and social relationships, especially within the family; and what is known about the extent to which women have access to, control over and use of urban land and housing, and through what forms of tenure. In section three, recent reform of laws, policies and practices to meet the needs of poor people in urban areas, especially women, will be assessed. Section four provides a short discussion of some of the strategies, tactics and alliances that are being adopted to bring about legal reforms and to influence the content, design and implementation of programs in urban areas. The report draws on successive research projects by the author and her colleagues on land and housing markets and policies, urban livelihoods, and urban politics and governance in a variety of contexts, in particular Rakodi (2010).
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Rakodi, Carole
author_facet Rakodi, Carole
author_sort Rakodi, Carole
title Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
title_short Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
title_full Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
title_fullStr Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
title_full_unstemmed Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas
title_sort expanding women's access to land and housing in urban areas
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431440/expanding-womens-access-land-housing-urban-areas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21030
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spelling okr-10986-210302021-04-23T14:04:00Z Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas Rakodi, Carole ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO LAND ADVOCACY AGE OF MARRIAGE AGENTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE CENSUSES CHILD CARE CHILD-BEARING CHILDBEARING CHRONIC POVERTY CITIES CITIZENS CIVIL MARRIAGE COMMUNITY PROPERTY COMPENSATION CONSENSUAL UNIONS CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES COURT COURTS CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL RIGHTS CUSTOMARY LAW DECEASED HUSBAND DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DWELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL RIGHTS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EVICTIONS EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY HOUSE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER BIAS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GENDER ROLES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GREEN SPACE HABITAT HARASSMENT HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOMEOWNERS HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING NEEDS HOUSING POLICIES HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PROGRAMMES HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS ILL HEALTH IMPACTS OF POLICIES INCOMES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ISLAMIC LAW KINSHIP LABOUR MARKETS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEASEHOLD LEASES LEGAL AID LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL MARRIAGE LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITIES LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARITAL PROPERTY MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MASCULINITY MIGRANTS MINOR CHILDREN MINORITY MORTGAGES MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBOURHOODS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PANDEMIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION PEACE PENSION PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY CHANGE POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE OWNERS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROPERTY LAW PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC ARENA PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC LAND PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING PUBLIC SERVICES REAL PROPERTY RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS REMITTANCES RENTAL HOUSING RESETTLEMENT RESIDENCE RESPECT RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SELF-HELP SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SEX RATIOS SINGLE WOMEN SLUM DWELLERS SLUMS SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL STATUS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT SPOUSE SPOUSES SQUATTERS STATE GOVERNMENTS STRATEGY FOR WOMEN TAXATION TENANTS UNMARRIED WOMEN URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTRE URBAN COMMUNITY URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN LAND URBAN MIGRATION URBAN PLANNING URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN WOMEN UTILITIES VULNERABILITY WIDOW WIDOWERS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE YOUNG COUPLES YOUNG WOMEN Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women s access to and control over land and real property in urban settings, identifying approaches to strengthening property rights that enhance women s agency, and sharing key lessons. Section two synthesizes the evidence on urban women s priorities with respect to land and housing; the factors that influence women s access to and control over land and secure tenure, including legal and institutional frameworks and social relationships, especially within the family; and what is known about the extent to which women have access to, control over and use of urban land and housing, and through what forms of tenure. In section three, recent reform of laws, policies and practices to meet the needs of poor people in urban areas, especially women, will be assessed. Section four provides a short discussion of some of the strategies, tactics and alliances that are being adopted to bring about legal reforms and to influence the content, design and implementation of programs in urban areas. The report draws on successive research projects by the author and her colleagues on land and housing markets and policies, urban livelihoods, and urban politics and governance in a variety of contexts, in particular Rakodi (2010). 2014-12-30T20:38:21Z 2014-12-30T20:38:21Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20431440/expanding-womens-access-land-housing-urban-areas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21030 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper