Land reforms are again high on the international policy agenda as can be seen from the establishment of the Commission for Legal Empowerment of the Poor (http://legalempowerment.undp.org/), the increasing number of land reform programs funded by the World Bank in recent years and the establishment of the Global Network for Pro Poor Land Tools (GLTN) (Augustinus 2005; World Bank 2006).
Among these tools are land registration and certification where husbands and wives are given joint titles to their land aiming
to strengthen women’s land rights that traditionally have been weaker than those of men in most societies.
"From Being Property of Men to Becoming Equal Owners?" is a Final Research Report by Dr. Stein Holden of University of Life Sciences, e-mail: stein.holden@umb.no
This report presents the outcomes of the study on joint certification of husbands and wives and Early Impacts of Land Registration
and Certification on Women in Southern Ethiopia. The study was undertaken with assistance from Tewodros Tefera of University
of Hawassa for UNHABITAT, Shelter Branch,Land Tenure and Property Administration Section.
Please read the report here