With the adoption of a new Land Law in 2001, the Royal Government of Cambodia initiated a comprehensive land reform process. This includes for the first time registration of land owned by individuals and families. Guidelines for land registration strongly recommend Joint Land Titling for property owned by couples to ensure the protection of women's land rights during the process of registration.
This study aims to identify emerging issues regarding women’s access to land in Cambodia while examining women’s participation in the process of systematic land registration. Within this framework, attention is paid to joint ownership and how the joint ownership registration process has been applied in practice. The study looks in particular at cases of separated, divorced and abandoned relationships that occurred prior to systematic land registration. It also looks at issues of multiple marriages and domestic violence, and how these affect women’s rights of land ownership.

Full study (English, PDF, 38 pages, 627KB)