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Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure: Advancing women's land rights towards achieving the SDGs. Side Event

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Guideline

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) he purpose of the proposed side event is to update the CFS members of the progress in implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), which is a CFS product. Greater gender equality in ownership and control rights over land contributes to a range of development outcomes, including achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition. The Voluntary Guidelines on tenure represents the first global agreement specifically highlighting the importance of women's land ownership and tenure security. It establishes gender equality as one of the principles for improving governance.

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