Land and Poverty conference – 2014 World Bank

Women’s Land Rights Under Customary Settings

Habitat for Humanity International March 26th 2014

Land and housing policies shape the available opportunities to access dwellings.

Housing policy data tell us whether there is an enabling environment for better housing and possibilities to get out of the poverty cycle.

A standardized set of policy indicators provides a snapshot of a wide range of housing sector needs.

WHY THE GHI?

GHI are a set of indicators organised under 5 thematic pillars to form an extensive assessment tool.

This tool provides a holistic approach to assessing the housing policy,

GHI use a standardized methodology to compare countries and cities across the globe

Implemented by local consultants and research institutions,

- Consistent, reliable, comparable information for measuring and monitoring the policy environment for adequate and affordable housing.

- Transparent, accessible, and standardized approach to inform debate and shape policies,

WHAT ARE THE GHI?

WHAT ARE THE GHI?

How is it used?

- Database that can be used for advocacy outreach, housing research, City and country profiles. Policy briefs leading to changing laws and policies.

- Cross regional analysis and Comparative analysis -- cities and regions

- Expansion of city-wide data.

- Housing indicators platform.

GHI LOCATIONS

Latin America & CaribbeanTegucigalpa, HondurasSantiago, ChileMexico City, MexicoRecife, BrazilKingston, JamaicaBuenos Aires, ArgentinaCochabamba, BoliviaBogota, Colombia

Europe & Central AsiaYerevan, ArmeniaBudapest, HungarySkopje, MacedoniaKiev, Ukraine

Africa & Middle EastKampala, UgandaMaputo, MozambiqueAbidjan, Ivory CoastBeirut, LebanonAmman, JordanDar es Salaam, TanzaniaAsia-PacificMuntinlupa, PhilippinesDhaka, BangladeshJakarta, IndonesiaTarlac, PhilippinesKathmandu, Nepal5 states in India (in Progress)Phnom Penh Cambodia ( in

Progress)

USES AND INITIAL OUTCOMES

Rental Housing Market Analysis for Latin American countries

- Global Policy indicators framework for researchFocus on rental housing and vacant propertiesSample of five cities: Bogota, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Recife and Santiago

- FINDINGSHigh demand for rental housing and weak support from government. Across subsidies, regulations and planning

- MOVING FORWARD Indicators as baseline to identify gaps, priorities, and shaping policies

USES AND INITIAL OUTCOMES

Land Tenure Rights for Women Under Customary Law in Four Countries.

- Global Policy indicators as basis for extensive research on gender issues and land rightsFocus on customary laws and practices in land transfer Armenia, Colombia, Indonesia and Uganda

- FINDINGSThere is a high discrepancy between the customary practices and the statutory laws when it comes to women’s access to land

Uganda:

Paper Findings:

The conflict between customary laws and statutory laws aggressively weakens women’s position in the society.

The legal inheritance and untitled lands are a big impediment to women’s land tenure.

The necessary political leverage for women to claim land is lacking, and the high percentage of untitled land skews the security of land towards various types of male ownership.

USES AND INITIAL OUTCOMES

Armenia:

A local research organisation prepared a housing study based on GHI findings and made recommendations for the Armenian Government to inform and develop housing policies.

Same effort was let in Hungary

USES AND INITIAL OUTCOMES

Honduras

GHI policy scan in Honduras used as basis for advocacy resulting in 11 municipal housing policies improved benefiting 9,000 lives, generating $4 million in investment for housing

USES AND INITIAL OUTCOMES

THE WEBSITE

For more information on the GHI

globalhousingindicators.org

or please contact:

Jane KatzJkatz@Habitat.org