Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 5...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/126381468285613599/Study-on-gender-impacts-of-land-titling-in-post-tsunami-Aceh-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27583 |
| Summary: | The tsunami that originated from the
Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing
more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million
individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of
coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels
were destroyed. The land administration system sustained
significant damage because documentation of land ownership
was washed away along with people's houses and other
possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary
markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared. An
additionally, close to one-third of the land office
personnel perished. When the disaster struck, Aceh was
reeling from three decades of civil strife. Five years
later, in 2009, the province was still in the process of
recovery not only from the devastation of the tsunami but
also from years of unrest. The premise of this research
study is that the gender aspects of women's access to
land and property rights cannot be understood solely as an
administrative or procedural issue, but should be considered
a part of the broader social and cultural dimensions. These
dimensions need to be understood in relation to development
opportunities, constraints, and risks facing women and
affecting their ability to participate in the process of
reconstruction and development. Understanding the macro
social and institutional processes is essential to
influencing and supporting changes to enhance gender equity
on land and property rights. The results of this study need
to be appreciated within the following limitations: (a) it
is affected by the absence of baseline information and
gender-disaggregated data on land; (b) the scope of this
study is limited to land and property rights only; and (c)
by the time this study commenced, the Reconstruction of Aceh
Land Administration System Project (RALAS) Grant had closed,
and therefore the study served mainly to assess and document
the experiences and lessons learned. |
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