Gender Analysis of Landholding and Situation of Female-Headed Households after Land Registration: The Case of Machakel Woreda

Well-implemented and functioning land administration systems are able to improve the wellbeing of rural households support achievement UN Sustainable Development Goals. As cadastral data an essential part a modern system for documenting securing boundaries parcels, Ethiopia recently embarked on one largest surveying programs registration in Africa. Cadastral provided by office woreda were analyzed using Geographical Information System investigate whether parcels female-headed disadvantaged compared male-headed with regard parcel size, features, access infrastructure. In addition, situation after process was more detail. To this aim, quantitative qualitative collected Ethiopian Machakel through household survey, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews. The results document no significant gender discrepancies features infrastructures. general, women confirmed improvement certification process.