IFAD's Initiatives to Strengthen Women's Access to Land

From 2008 to 2011, the Women's Land Rights Project worked to strengthen women's land rights, and thereby reduce rural poverty, by bringing these issues into the mainstream of IFAD's programmes. The project raised awareness about women's land rights and their implications for poverty reduction. Among other objectives, it aimed to increase staff expertise and facilitate research and strategic planning towards strengthening women's rights to use, control and transfer land. With financial support from the Belgian Fund for Food Security Joint Programme, the project also conducted a series of case studies in the field to investigate how IFAD integrates women's land rights into its operations.