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DRIVING GENDER-SENSITIVE POLICY AND LEGAL CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE:
A LEGISLATION ASSESSMENT TOOL
The Gender and Land Rights Database Project
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington D.C , USA23-27 March 2015
The Gender and Land Rights DatabaseIn a nutshell…
Gender and Land Rights DatabaseLAT| PRESENTATION
Photo credit: ©FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Overview of the GLRD
Gender and Land Rights DatabaseLAT| PRESENTATION
Launched in February 2010
Partners
FAOLEX
The Land Portal
Landesa and Landwise
The International Land Coalition
The World Bank and the Women, Business and the Law Project
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
84 regularly-updated country profiles
Gender and land-related statistics
A Legislation Assessment Tool for gender-equitable land tenure (LAT)
Identify the major political, legal and cultural factors that influence gender-equitable land tenure
Highlight gender disparities in land tenure
Provide gender and land-related statistics
Support the integration of international standards and best practices into national policy and legal frameworks
Support the realisation of gender-equitable land tenurehttp://www.fao.org/gender/landrights/home/en/
Objectives
Content
The Legislation Assessment Tool for gender-equitable land tenure
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Photo credit: ©FAO/H.Wagner
To what extent does the legal framework foster gender-equitable land tenure?
• A tool to facilitate the implementation of the VGGT and the Technical Guide on Gender
• Targeting concrete areas for improvement by identifying:
– Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the legal framework
– The progress made towards gender equity in the legal framework
– Areas where legal reform is needed
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
• Help visualise the legal intricacies surrounding men and women’s access to land:
Through clusters of key legal elements Through indicators that analyse the
articulation – when applicable – between:– statutory law and customary norms– statutory law and religious norms
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Rationale Score
Absence of the indicator in the legal framework 0
A policy is being negotiated 1
A policy is in place 1.5
A draft legislation is to be submitted for deliberations 2
The indicator is integrated in primary law 3
The indicator appears in multiple legal instruments 4
Not applicable N/A
VGGT implementation project in Sierra Leone
Legal Framework Assessment Component
Use of the LAT
VGGT Implementation ProjectLAT| PRESENTATION
VGGT PrinciplesLAT| PRESENTATION
• 5 general principles of responsible tenure governance1. The legal recognition and allocation of tenure rights; 2. The protection of tenure rights against threats and infringements; 3. The promotion and facilitation of the enjoyment of legitimate tenure rights; 4. Access to justice; and 5. The prevention of disputes, conflicts and corruption.
• 10 Principles of implementation 1. Human dignity 6. Consultation and participation
2. Non-discrimination 7. Rule of law 3. Equity and justice 8. Transparency 4. Gender equality 9. Accountability 5. Holistic and sustainable approach 10. Continuous improvement
2 sets of indicators: Initial set of 30 LAT indicators on human rights
A second set of VGGT indicators Reflect 5 guiding principles and the 10 principles of implementation Reflect Sierra Leones’s country priorities:
Land administration Investments Access to justice and dispute resolution
Purpose: Perform a comprehensive assessment of the situation of land tenure from a
gender perspective
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Adaptation of the LAT Assessment to Sierra Leone’s needs for Gender-Equitable Governance of land Tenure
1 national legal expert for the land sector
Technical assistance from FAO headquarters Carried out the assessment against the two sets LAT indicators Identification of the gaps with the VGGT
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Building the National Team and Implementation of the LAT Assessment
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Results from the LAT: Compatibility Assessment between the draft National Land Policy and the VGGT
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Results from the LAT: Compatibility Assessment between the draft National Land Policy and the VGGT
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Results from the LAT: Compatibility Assessment between the draft National Land Policy and the VGGT
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Results from the LAT: Compatibility Assessment between the draft National Land Policy and the VGGT
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Results from the LAT: Compatibility Assessment between the draft National Land Policy and the VGGT
Targeted Recommendations from the LAT VGGT Assessment
Strengthening gender equality in tenure rights
Strengthening the right to participate and be consulted
Encouraging responsible investments
The Legislation Assessment ToolLAT| PRESENTATION
Next steps
• Validation
National expert consultation
• Implementation and monitoring
Multi-stakeholder platform
VGGT Implementation ProjectLAT| PRESENTATION
The Gender and Land Rights DatabaseLAT| PRESENTATION
Thank you!Ana Paula De la O [email protected]
Naomi [email protected]
