Women's Access to Land in Kenya

Harrington, Andrew

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO JUSTICE;    ACCESS TO LAND;    COURT;    COURTS;    EMPOWERMENT;   

RP-ID  :  52675

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This study strongly indicates the lackof access to land for women in Kenya's agriculturalcommunities cannot be framed as a failing of formal orinformal systems, but rather as issues with both. Even thecreation of fused or hybrid mechanisms, such as the LandControl Boards (LCBs) and Land Disputes Tribunals (LDTs),has not increased access to justice. Underlying powerdynamics and the use of such systems by self-servingindividuals undercut gender equity efforts. The findingsstrongly suggest the key to increasing access to justice atboth the community formal and informal levels is to addresspower dynamics and understand further how they operate tothe detriment of women. This would be aided if concurrentformal reform addressed barriers such as overly complicatedprocedures and unrealistic costs which further prevent womenfrom realizing their rights. With land issues currentlyreceiving a significant amount of attention 2007-8post-election violence, now is an opportune time to bringgreater attention to the problems and issues regardingwomen's access to land in Kenya.