Issue Brief: Land Tenure, Property Rights, and HIV/AIDS Approaches For Reducing Infection and Enhancing Economic Security

Strengthening women’s property and inheritance rights (WPIRs) is critical to reversing the downward spiral and stemming the tide of female poverty and new HIV infections across the globe. Insecure land tenure indirectly contributes to HIV risk and vulnerability, but it also directly affects families after HIV infection as they experience asset erosion. Still, we have more to learn about how insecure land tenure and property rights influences and increases vulnerability to HIV. Similarly, we need a better understanding about how intervening to improve land tenure and property rights can reduce vulnerability.

Location: Global

Author(s): Anna Knox , Renee Giovarelli , Matthew Forman , Melinda Shelton

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