Women's Land Rights on Issued Land Certificates or Title Deeds

Indicator Phrasing

Percentage of land certificates or title deeds issued through the support of the intervention that mention women's land rights
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Indicator Phrasing

English: Percentage of land certificates or title deeds issued through the support of the intervention that mention women's land rights

French: Pourcentage de certificats fonciers ou de titres de propriété délivrés grâce au soutien de l'intervention qui mentionnent les droits fonciers des femmes

What is its purpose?

Measuring the level of protection of women's rights to land through the process of formalization of land rights.

How to Collect and Analyse the Required Data

Land certificates or title deeds need to be kept in a Land Registry / Cadastral service.

  • Count the total number of land certificates or title deeds issued since the starting date of the intervention
  • Count the number of issued land certificates or title deeds that mentions women's land rights. This can be: A woman as the sole owner; when husband and wife are both mentioned; daughters mentioned on the family land; other types of use rights or ownership rights.
  • Calculate: The number of issued land certificates or title deeds that mentions women's land rights divided by the total number of issued land certificates or title deeds x100%

Disaggregate by

Marital status

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