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Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt
The Middle East and North Africa region has the lowest level of women’s land ownership in the world, yet little research has explored the barriers and opportunities women face in land ownership in the region. This paper ...
Women, Land, and Empowerment Dynamics in Egypt’s Mubarak Resettlement Scheme
Literature and development practice related to women’s access to land reveals two main
assumptions: one, that the land is empowering for women and, two, that this
empowerment is inherently linked to independence for women ...
GENDERED PATTERNS OF ASSET OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL IN EGYPT
This study, conducted in Egypt, sought to identify the types of assets women and men
perceive as beneficial for their wellbeing, and to determine if patterns of ownership and
control of assets coincide with one another. A ...
Membership, Governance, Benefits and Challenges in Women’s Participation in Collective Action Groups
This paper offers a broad review of the literature on women’s groups, developing a typology of different group types, describing rules of membership and outcomes with a focus on collective action. Four group typologies ...
A review of the effects of migration on the feminization of agrarian dryland economies
Intensifying outmigration in dryland areas affects women's roles in agriculture and related activities, with
broader implications for productivity and gender equity. Using a systematic review of literature, we examine
the ...