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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 [email protected]