Key Concepts, Considerations and Prospects
Gender equality is one of the 10 implementation principles, and gender is a cross-cutting issue in the VGGT. The guidelines recognize equality between individuals and explicitly highlight women’s and girls’ equal tenure rights in comparison to those of men . Hence, they recognize gender equality and the human right to non-discrimination as they recognize “the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable human rights of all individuals” . Further, the VGGT promote “taking positive action, including empowerment, in order to promote equitable tenure rights and access to land, fisheries and forests, for all, women and men within the national context”
Author: Babette Wehrmann
Co-author: Danilo Antonio
Contributors: Clarissa Augustinus, Cyprian Selebalo, Paul Munro-Faure, Andrew Hilton and Louisa Jansen
Coordinator: Danilo Antonio
Meeting participants: Allan Durand-Lasserve, Andrew Hilton, Arnulf Christl, Babette Wehrmann, Christine Kajumba, Clarissa Augustinus, Danilo Antonio, Eddie Nsamba-Gayiiya, Esther Obaikol, Harris Selod, Jane Katz, Joe Nasr, Katia Araujo, Leopold von Carlowitz, Louisa Jansen, Lowie Rosales-Kawasaki, Matieu Boche, Pamela Ranson, Regina Pritchett, Remy Sietchiping, Samuel Mabikke, Sanjeevan Singh, Sattwick Dey Biswas and Siraj Sait
Sponsors: The Netherlands Government, Norwegian Government and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
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