LANDex - Global Land Governance Index

Inclusive Decision Making

7A Legal and institutional framework in place at national level promotes the equitable representation of women and men in decision making

People-Based Assessment

This indicator measures the degree to which a country’s law and policies call for the equal participation of men and women in local decision making processes

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This indicator contains one block, comprised of two questions.

For each of the questions, you will be asked to respond on a scale of 0-3, according to descriptions available next to the possible responses.

Please choose the response that best represents the situation in your country.

Under each response, you will be provided with a space to add references and detail to justify your response.

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Block 1: Laws, policies and procedures encourage inclusive decision-making

Block 1/1

Methodology: LANDex, drawn from principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGTs) and the ActionAid VGGT Toolkit.

Q1: Do national laws, policies and procedures call for public participation in decision-making processes?

1: Partial, there has been only limited progress towards addressing the issue. The state or legal framework addresses the indicator, but insignificantly. 0: No, this issue is not addressed. There are no attempts by the law or the state to meet the issue addressed in the indicator. 3: Yes, the issue is fully addressed. The state or legal framework clearly or expressly meets the issue addressed in the indicator. 2: Partial, there has been significant progress towards addressing the issue. The state or legal framework has made significant progress towards, but does not entirely meet the issue addressed in the indicator.

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Q2: Do national laws, policies and procedures call for the equal representation of women and men in decision-making processes?

3: Yes, the issue is fully addressed. The state or legal framework clearly or expressly meets the issue addressed in the indicator. 2: Partial, there has been significant progress towards addressing the issue. The state or legal framework has made significant progress towards, but does not entirely meet the issue addressed in the indicator. 1: Partial, there has been only limited progress towards addressing the issue. The state or legal framework addresses the indicator, but insignificantly. 0: No, this issue is not addressed. There are no attempts by the law or the state to meet the issue addressed in the indicator.

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