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Why Women's Lands Rights Are Actually Key in the Fight Against Climate Change Just 14% of agricultural landowners worldwide are women. By Rina Chandran BANGKOK, Feb 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — From legislative loopholes to cultural norms, women worldwide still face barriers in accessing land, researchers said on Thursday, despite evidence that tenure rights can protect them from the worsening effects of climate change. Women make up more than half the global population that relies almost exclusively on land and natural resources for a livelihood. Yet worldwide, only 14% of agricultu...

Legally and socially recognised rights for women to communal lands can protect them from climate-change effects and investors

From legislative loopholes to cultural norms, women worldwide still face barriers in accessing land, researchers said on Thursday, despite evidence that tenure rights can protect them from the worsening effects of climate change.