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Primary legal sources for women's empowerment

About LandWise

Welcome to LandWise, the industry’s most comprehensive source of legal materials, articles, and research for policymakers, researchers, legal practitioners, and advocates working to advance women’s land rights. We regularly update this resource with information published by the experts at Resource Equity as well as other trusted sources from around the world, so be sure to check in regularly.

Practice Guides

Our Practice Guides are checklists that will help you identify and assess issues that may affect women and men differently in relation to rights to and control over land. The guides will help you navigate through potential legal issues as well as social or cultural norms that may affect how the law is practiced.

Announcements

Hello Again World!

While the site may look the same, we have relaunched LandWise. The same great content but with improved search and the site is now fully mobile responsive (meaning that you can view the site more easily on your tablet or mobile phone).

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Recently Added

On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands
February 22, 2021
Articles / Nepal, Multiple Countries, Mexico, Jordan, Indonesia, Cameroon
Evidence Brief: Do Inheritance Reforms Work for Women?
December 20, 2020
Articles / Multiple Countries
The Gender Gap: Assessing and Measuring the Gender Related Land Inequality
December 20, 2020
Articles / Multiple Countries
Uneven Ground: Land Inequality at the Heart of Unequal Societies
December 20, 2020
Articles / Multiple Countries
Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?
May 25, 2020
Citations / India

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