Millions of women still landless despite global push for equality | World News, The Indian Express

Millions of women still landless despite global push for equality | World News, The Indian Express

By Thomson Reuters Foundation |Washington |Published: March 26, 2019 7:42:35 am

Millions of women still landless despite global push for equality

Patriarchal attitudes towards women and girls and a lack of knowledge of their own rights "prevent millions of women from owning land", said Victoria Stanley, senior rural development specialist at the World Bank.

Globally, more than 400 million women farm, yet only about 15 per cent of farmland is owned by women. Express Photo By Prashant Ravi

Millions of women worldwide are still unable to access and own land despite laws recognising their rights, researchers and campaigners said on Monday as they urged countries to bridge the gap between policy and practice.