In Madagascar, less than a quarter of rural men have access to land: 24.8% according to the latest “Demographic and Health Survey” (EDS 2021). Women are still half as numerous, or even more since only 10.7% of rural women own land. Already disadvantaged in many areas, women are also less considered in terms of land. The acquisition of land by a woman must even involve the use of a male relative as is the case for women in certain regions such as Atsimo Atsinanana, according to data from the 2021 EDS recently recalled by the World Bank in its report on the gender assessment in Madagascar. Indeed, in this region, women buy or have a male relative grant them to them. Extending to access to financial institutions, the situation shows only 4.4% of women aged 15 to 49 owning and using an account in a bank or other financial institution, compared to 5.3% of men. However, more women in the same age group than men (56.4% versus 46.6%) use mobile money.
Hanitra R.