When investors come knocking: ensuring African women have a say

IIED Briefing
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Published: June 2016
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IIED Briefing Papers
Product code:17361IIED

In much of sub-Saharan Africa, women have little say in decisions over land. Unless proactive steps are taken to enable women to have a stronger voice, large-scale agribusiness projects will leave them even more marginalised. Though there has been little research in this area, an emerging body of thinking and practice provides clear pointers as to how governments, NGOs and investors might mitigate such risks in future, particularly by explicitly addressing gender issues head-on from the very outset.

This project has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project.

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Knapman, C. and Sutz, P. (2016). When investors come knocking: ensuring African women have a say. .
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