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What barriers do orphan children face to registering their land rights, and how might these be overcome?

What barriers do orphan children face to registering their land rights, and how might these be overcome?

This summary examines the challenges orphan children face in securing their land rights that affects their status during land registration. Particularly, the current practice of LIFT’s implementation of procedures for registering deceased landholders’ parcels and its impact on single orphans. The study provides a strategy to ensure that orphans who have lost either one or both parents receive long-term access to their land use rights

Focus area: Research
Programme theme: Ensuring gender and social inclusion, Protecting land rights
Type of resource: Research summary
Year produced: 2018
File size: 1 MB
File type: PDF

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