GenderTalk | Gender and Land Rights

GenderTalk | Gender and Land Rights

Welcome to the second issue of Gender Talk from the NCAER-National Data Innovation Center’s Gender Hub. In this issue of GenderTalk, we discuss about gender inequality in land rights. We bring you articles by researchers that highlight some of the challenges, followed by conversation with an ex-policymaker.

GenderTalk is a space where scholars, policymakers, and civil society members can engage with each other on a theme vital to women’s well-being in India.

In particular, this brief discusses the following:

Gender Gap in Land Rights – In this introductory article Dr Pallavi Choudhuri (NCAER) discusses about the current status of land ownership in India from household surveys…more

 


Gender imbalance in land ownership and the need for digitising land records – Here Dr Charu Jain (NCAER) and Mr. Deepak Sanan (Ex-Additional Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh) shares insights from data from land titling records…more

 


Women’s access to parental agricultural land: the gap between law and practiceDr Manjistha Banerji, (NCAER) shares qualitative information on why women do not claim their share in parental property…more

 


Gender and Generation: Land Ownership and Older Indians’ Autonomy – This article by – Hope Xu Yan (University of Maryland), Dr Sonalde Desai (University of Maryland and NCAER) and Dr Debasis Barik (NCAER) examines the consequences of omission from land ownership and clear titles on women’s well being…more

 


Conversation with Deepak Sanan (Ex-Additional Chief Secretary (IAS) of Himachal Pradesh) on women’s land rights…more

 

 

This measurement brief is part of the Gender Hub led by Dr. Pallavi Choudhuri and Dr. Sonalde Desai.