Women, State Law and Land in Peri-Urban Settlements on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

This paper provides a brief overview of the intersection of state and customary laws governing land in peri-urban settlements around Honiara, focusing on their impact upon landowners, particularly women landowners. It suggests that the intersection of customary and state legal systems allows a small number of individuals, predominantly men, to solidify their control over customary land. This has occurred to the detriment of many landowners, who have often found themselves excluded from both decision-making processes and the distribution of financial benefits from the use of land. This contributes to social conflict and undermines the legitimacy of land dealings, and as the tensions demonstrate, can ultimately lead to violent conflict.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Monson, Rebecca
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, BULLETIN, DISSEMINATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER, HOUSING, HUMAN RIGHTS, INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, INHERITANCE, INTEGRATION, INTERNATIONAL LAW, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND RECORDS, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, LAND TITLES, LANDOWNERS, LEASING, LEGAL RIGHTS, LEGAL SUPPORT, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, MIGRANT, MIGRANTS, MOTHER, NATIONAL BORDERS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUMBER OF WOMEN, OIL, OWNERSHIP OF LAND, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION, PEACE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ARENA, RESOURCE USE, RESPECT, RIGHT OF WOMEN, ROLE OF WOMEN, SOCIAL CONFLICT, SOCIAL CONFLICTS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBANIZATION, WAR, WOMAN, WOMEN LEADERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/12323522/women-state-law-land-peri-urban-settlements-guadalcanal-solomon-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10933
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