Women’s Land Rights in Ethiopia: Supporting land degradation neutrality
Editor(s)
Satija, ShivaniPublication date
2025-05-08Subject
GenderKeywords
Women’s land rightsland degradation neutrality
droughtland restoration
land tenure
land restoration
Country
Ethiopia
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Gender and DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Emerging evidence and growing global consensus in policy and advocacy spaces increasingly link secure and gender-equitable land tenure rights to more effective, just, and efficient action to address the urgent desertification, land degradation, and drought (DLDD) crisis. However, both women’s rights to land and efforts to combat DLDD are complex, requiring both conceptual and practical integration. This submission provides an overview of the conceptual links, detailing available evidence on the relationship between women’s land tenure security and land restoration initiatives that aim for land degradation neutrality (LDN). LDN means maintaining a stable or increasing amount and quality of land resources necessary to support ecosystem services and food security. It is the overarching aim of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Ethiopia is provided as a detailed country case study to provide a practical national-level example for how strengthening women’s land rights can and should be integrated into efforts to support LDN. The paper closes by providing recommendations applicable to the Ethiopian context and beyond to guide duty-bearers and practitioners around the globe in their efforts to leverage women’s land rights as a means to support LDN.</p> </body> </html>Pages
18EISSN
1355-2074ISBN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2025.2482325