Gender Analysis of Landholding and Situation of Female-Headed Households after Land Registration: The Case of Machakel Woreda
, Doris Damyanovic 3,*, Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu 2, Reinfried Mansberger 1 and Gernot Stoeglehner 4
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article is now much improved, especially the graphics and highlighting some of the limitations of the study. Well done.
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Reviewer 2 Report
I had no concerns in the first version either. You have made the necessary corrections and improved the manuscript.
Author Response
Thank you very much.
This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I have carefully reviewed the manuscript resubmitted by the author, but it is still not modified according to my opinion, which is unacceptable.
Reviewer 2 Report
Reviewed article concerns the gender analysis of land distribution and situation of female- headed households after land registration. Issue is current and new. Article is prepared in the good and clear manner. I recommend to accept it in the present form.
Reviewer 3 Report
Great subject area and well done achieving this during COVID. Article needs strengthening in several section.
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Reviewer 4 Report
The paper “Gender Analysis of Land Distribution and Situation of Female-Headed Households after Land Registration: The Case of Machakel District” addresses the high actual topic of gender equality and achievement of Millennium Development Goals. Land administration data provided by the land administration district office are analyzed to investigate whether land of female households are disadvantaged compared to land of man households with regards to parcel size, distribution and access to infrastructure. The situation of female-headed households after the land registration is analyzed by household survey, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. Gender discrepancies in parcel distribution and access to infrastructures is not found and women confirm an improvement in wellbeing after the land registration.
The manuscript is well written. The research design is appropriate, and methods adequately explained. The conclusions supported by the research are based on clearly presented statistical analysis and survey results.
There are certainly other causes that contribute to user satisfaction besides the land registration process itself, as the authors have stated. This could be quality legislation on land rights, e.g. Identifying and quantifying these, other causes, may be future research.
There are two technical errors in the manuscript that need to be corrected:
- L687 – bold text?
- L700 – Conclusion is a heading!
