RDI PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS

RDI PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS
RDI’s Women and Land Program focuses on the specific interests and needs of rural women, developing tailored solutions that address those interests and needs through secure land rights.

Rwanda
Women comprise more than half of Rwanda's population. Over 30 percent of households are headed by women, one of the highest rates in the world. RDI is assisting the Rwandan government with implementation of its new land law, including consideration of gender issues and coordination of a Women’s Law and Policy Task Force to provide continuing input on laws from a gender perspective.

Burundi
In this post-conflict environment, women’s rights to land are even more precarious given the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons placing multiple claims on the land from which they fled during the conflict. RDI is working with the government and local NGOs to promote women’s land rights as the country deliberates on draft land and inheritance laws.

Angola
RDI is working to ensure that the land rights formalization process incorporates gender-sensitive procedures, that women participate in that process, and that their land rights are formally recognized.

China
In addition to strengthening women’s land rights under China’s new land law, RDI provides training for legal aid lawyers on the protection of rural women’s land rights.

India
RDI is securing women’s land rights through “micro-ownership” of land titled in women’s names, and holds state level policy workshops on woman’s land rights.