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UN CSW 62: Secure Land Rights for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls

Globally, land is an enormously powerful asset, but it also has a vital social function. Both the economic and social aspects are central to advance gender equality and empower rural women and girls. It is widely recognized both that rural women and girls are sustained by agriculture and natural resources, and that the accumulation of assets provides a path out of poverty. Landesa and its partners have issued the following recommendations for member states of the United Nations Commission [...]