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Women’s Land Rights in Bangladesh. Securing Women’s Resource Rights through Gender Transformative Approaches

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The following analysis of relevant social and legal contexts in Bangladesh reviews existing literature to identify the current institutional and regulatory framework, tenure interventions and barriers to the recognition of women’s land tenure rights, as well as the access to mechanisms to resolve land conflict and to reinforce women’s rights. This analysis reviews secondary data is to identify and contextualize the opportunity for Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) to reinforce women’s land rights in Bangladesh.
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    Publication year

    2024

    Authors

    Enokwenw, O.; Garner, E.; Karanja, A.

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    gender, customary law, land tenure, legal rights, rural women, rural communitiy

    Geographic

    Bangladesh

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