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Faroe Islands has a legal framework that guarantees equal rights for women (The Faroese Act on Gender Equality). Faroe Islands does not compile official statistics bases on the methodology of the indicator.

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Indicator

Indicator 5.a.2: Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
Target

Target 5.a: Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
Metadata update

2023-03-31
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Related indicators

Goal 1, specifically indicator 1.4.2, and Goal 5, specifically 5.a.1 and 5.1.1.
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