Land governance and gender for a tenure-responsive future.

Abstract

Abstract The application of land governance and gender at the local everyday level in countries around the world should mean making concrete changes in the tenure gender nexus in land management and land policy governance. This means that achieving sustainability by using land governance to enable gender equality in land management and land requires recognizing that women and gender diverse people are not in the same take-off position as men in land access and security of land tenure. Collectively, the chapters in this book point to the need to rethink theory and practice of land governance and gender, aligning the tenure gender nexus in land management and land policy to respond to the needs of people in their societies. On this basis, this book has generated academic and practical knowledge in various areas that are essential for achieving success, including: access to land; gender-based structural inequality; governance of land and natural resources in an era of instability; community-based tenureresponsive planning; tenure-responsive zoning regulations for gender equality; changing customary tenure and laws; balanced rural and urban development; Islamic land governance and gender equality; and pandemic liveability and reverse migration. The book raises awareness of some of these issues and stimulates new research from across disciplines and sectors.