Who are the grassroots?
The grassroots should ordinarily be seen as those groups who are the intended beneficiaries of the relevant pro-poor land tools. In urban areas, this would include women residents of informal settlements, low-income tenants, low-income owners in slum conditions and marginalised groups affected by urbanisation such as indigenous peoples and small farmers. In rural areas, the categories would cover small farmers (tenants, freehold, informal) small and nomadic pastoralists, landless labourers, Indigenous peoples, informal settlements, refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Within each of the listed categories of persons, the majority tend to be women, so ensuring that grassroots tools are gendered is crucial.
