GENDER EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR LARGE-SCALE LAND TOOLS
BACKGROUND
It cannot be assumed that women and men benefit in the same way from initiates in the land sector. Land tools should not just benefit the poor – the must also work towards gender equality. This is critical as women continue to face large barriers in accessing land under formal, informal and customary systems of land tenure. Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) partners have produced a set of GENDER EVALUATION CRITERIA as a check-list and assessment tool to ensure that a land tool includes and sufficiently addresses the needs of both women and men.
THE EVALUATION CRITERIA The evaluation criteria consist of 22 evaluation questions, and possible indicators and sources of data. It is a flexible framework designed to be adapted to local contexts.The questions are clustered in six themes:
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of women own land Sudanese women outside a mud house. Photo © UN-Habitat.
THE PROCESS AND IMPACT The evaluation criteria has gone through all the tool development steps: scoping studies, consultations, product development, pilot testing, revision, adoption and dissemination and capacity devlopment. So far: • The Gender Evaluation Criteria has successfully been piloted in Ghana, Nepal and Brazil to assess municipal master plans, land reform commissions and land administration systems. • The tool has strengthened the negotiation capacity of grassroots groups, resulting in the agreement by Brazilian government authorities to regularize a settlement in Recife and not to evict 55,000 people from their homes. • It is in high demand such as from the Uganda Land Allianace who have evaluated their land activities in 10 districts in Uganda with own funds. • There is a projected training of trainers in Africa and Asia to meet demand.
Criteria
Examples of evaluation questions
Indicator
Equal participation by women and men and genderresponsive governance
Is the decision-making process in developing the land tool and in using the land tool itself, transparent and inclusive for both women and men?
An agreed critical mass (x%) of the decision makers are women
Capacity development, organization and empowerment of women and men to use, access and benefit from the tool
Is the information clear to, and does it empower both women and men to utilize the tool, and to know their rights related to this tool?
Information is available in at least x different forms (such as written, radio, etc.) and in local languages for different stakeholders
Legal and institutional considerations in regard to women and men’s access to land
Does the tool provide genderresponsive dispute resolution?
Land administration and management systems have dispute resolution mechanisms built in that are available to both women and men
Social and cultural considerations in regard to women and men’s access to land
Does the tool take into consideration statutory and customary laws and practices affecting women’s land rights?
Consultations to provide (x%) attendance from agreed (representative) groups
Economic considerations in regard women and men’s access to land
Does the tool promote economic opportunities for both women and men?
Registry/cadaster accommodates rights based and use rights tenure
Scale, coordination and sustainability to reach more women and men
Can the tool be implemented consistently (rather than adhoc)?
Existence of manuals for implementation
Participant at the pilot training, in Mombasa Photo © UN-Habitat / Asa Jonsson.
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