«ENABLING GENDER EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES IN TAJIKISTAN»
2 DECEMBER 2016
Nodira SidykovaDeputy chief of party and Legal aid director
USAID Land Reform and Farm restructuring project
USAID Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project’s Purpose: Supporting the continuing progress of dehkan farm restructuring and recognition of property rights leading to a market in land-use rights
Task 1: Promoting legislative reforms
Task 2: Building capacity of public officials, farmers, NGOs,
and other beneficiaries
Task 3: Expanding awareness of land rights and farm
restructuring
Task 4: Providing legal consultations and legal aid
Promoting legislative reforms.
Implementing and strengthening the
rights of land users through the adoption
of normative and legal acts
Creating a unified system of
registration of rights and transactions
with land
Granting land users the right of alienation
and its legal approval
Facilitating the development of land-use rights market
Providing gender equality to land
Trainings for LACs and female rural activists
“Considering Land Disputes in Court: Resolving Land Related Disputes in Economic Court”
During its activities, Project
developed and produced 22
booklets in total of 138,519
copies
Study tour to Sughd region for 50 female farmers from Khatlon region
“Women’s Right to Land: Capacity Building of Female Leaders in Tajikistan”
Farm restructuring6,927 female dehkan farms received certificates on land-use right
Participating in court proceedings
25
525 land disputes5 property disputesTotal of 30 court proceedings
830 female land users restored their land rights upon court decisions 750 ha of land were returned to female land users 88,000 land users received help from USAID Land Reform and Farm
Restructuring Project, 55 % of whom were women.