Land Rights and Gender Inequality in Senegal
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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In Senegal, despite the existence of
legal provisions and international commitments aimed at
promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to
face significant challenges in accessing and controlling
land. While the Constitution of 2001 explicitly prohibits
gender discrimination in matters of property rights,
traditional practices and patriarchal norms often limit
women's access to land. Traditionally, land is a
collective family asset under the control of the head of
household, and the rights obtained by women are generally
temporary and secondary in nature, with women rarely
receiving full administrative rights to the land.
Additionally, women's limited knowledge of land access
procedures and the influence of patriarchal norms contribute
to their marginalization in land matters. To overcome these
constraints, women are creating their own strategies, such
as collective access. This Gender-Land Gap analysis is in
two parts: first, a report outlining the key issues and
constraints for women’s land rights in Senegal along with a
set of recommendations to improve the situation for women’s
land rights in Senegal; and second, a catalog of
interventions that support women’s land rights and can be
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GENDER EQUALITY, LAND RIGHTS, PATRIARCHAL NORMS, GENDER DISCRIMINATION