Tenencia Segura De La Tierra Con Enfoque De Genero Bolivia

ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON
LAND AND POVERTY

Improving Access to Urban Land and Property Entitlements for
Women and Excluded Families in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Authors: Maria Luisa Zanelli, AnyaBrickman Raredon
Jane Katz, Lisa Stead, Susana Rojas
Habitat for Humanity International – HFHI
1424 K St, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005
mzanelli@habitat.org

Paper prepared for presentation atthe
“Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty”
The World Bank – Washington DC, April 23-36, 2012

Copyright 2012 by authors. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of thisdocument for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.

Abstract
With the 2009 Constitution (CPEB), Bolivia has recently adopted a newregulatory framework that recognizes individual and collective property entitlements, secures land access for women, promotes citizen voice in public policy, and encourages accessible mechanisms forland use, planning, and registry. However, within this promising scenario, female residents in District 9 of Cochabamba City do not feel empowered to act on the new Constitution’s promises ofenfranchisement, and see authorities’ apathy as an obstacle to accessing urban land and property entitlements. “Improving Access to Urban Land and Property Entitlements for Women and Excluded Families inBolivia” is a project that presents an approach to improving this situation by engaging communities, and particularly women head of households, to use their voice through a women's platform to influencepolicy on secure tenure.
It also encourages coalition-building between NGOs, women, and experts to audit policy change and fosters gender sensitive collaboration to guarantee integrated urban policieson land planning, secure tenure, and adequate housing. More gender-sensitive, transparent and accountable land governance is expected to liberate women of the burdens and threats of power...