Women own a lesser amount of 20 percent of the world’s land. A survey of 34 developing nations conducted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization puts that percentage at about 10, which is distressing considering that half the world’s population is women.
More than 400 million farm and generate a large chunk of the world’s food supply. However, female farmers do not have the same rights as their male counterparts do. There are unequal rights for women in more than 90 countries. For women, land and property ownership signify the end to economic ambiguity and potentially impact the entire community.
Women provide most of their income to their immediate families. When they own their property, there is a greater chance of food security and improvements necessary to take care of their children and future generations. There was also a study that was done which concerns women in abusive relationships. According to research, women feel assertive and self-assured enough to leave abusive relationships if they own property and have a place on the land.
The correct answer to this question is less than 20%. This is an extraordinarily low amount because women make up half of the population in the world. Though most women take care of the responsibilities of the home, few of them own it, which is a major crisis.
Due to the lack of property and land owned by women it impacts their ability to help in household decisions and impact the home being passed down to future generations. By 2030, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals hopes that the amount of women that own property significantly increases and that more have ownership of land as well.