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    Mobility, Poverty, and Gender: Travel 'Choices' of Slum Residents in Nairobi, Kenya

    Salon, Deborah, and Sumila Gulyani. 2010. "Mobility, Poverty, and Gender: Travel 'Choices' of Slum Residents in Nairobi, Kenya." Transport Reviews 30 (5): 641-657.

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    Topics: Economies, Poverty, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Infrastructure, Transportation, Security, Sexual Violence, Rape, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, SV against Women Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: sexual abuse, transport

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    Human Rights, Formalization and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa

    Ikdahl, Ingunn, Anne Hellum Randi Kaarhus, Tor A. Benjaminsen, and Patricia Kameri-Mbote. 2005. Human Rights, Formalization and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa. 26. Aas, Norway: Noragric. 

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Households, International Organizations, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Keywords: development, economics, law, women's land rights, women, International actors

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    On the Edge of the Law: Women’s Property Rights and Dispute Resolution in Kisii, Kenya

    Henrysson, Elin, and Sandra F. Joireman. 2010. “On the Edge of the Law: Women’s Property Rights and Dispute Resolution in Kisii, Kenya.” Law and Society Review 43 (1): 39-60.

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    Topics: Conflict Prevention, Economies, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: Property Rights, gender inequality, rights of ownership, customary law, formal and informal dispute settlements

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    Cutting the Web of Interests: Pitfalls of Formalizing Property Rights

    Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, and Esther Mwangi.2009. “Cutting the Web of Interests: Pitfalls of Formalizing Property Rights.” Land Use Policy 26: 36-43.

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    Topics: Age, Youth, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: land access, Property Rights, social relations, ecological functions

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    Land Reform in Southern and Eastern Africa: Key Issues for Strengthening Women's Access to and Rights in Land

    Walker, Cherryl. 2002. Land Reform in Southern and Eastern Africa: Key Issues for Strengthening Women's Access to and Rights in Land. Harare, Zimbabwe: Sub-regional office for Southern and Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Health, HIV/AIDS, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe Keywords: women's land access, socio-economics, culture, HIV/AIDS

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    The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights – Case Studies from Kenya

    Aliber, Michael, Cherryl Walker, Mumbi Machera, Paul Kamau, Charles Omondi, and Karuti Kanyinga. 2004. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights: Case Studies from Kenya. Cape Town: HSRC Publisher.

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    Topics: Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Households, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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    Widowhood in the Era of HIV/AIDS: A Case Study of Slaya District, Kenya

    Ambasa-Shisanya, Constance R. 2007. “Widowhood in the Era of HIV/AIDS: A Case Study of Slaya District, Kenya.” SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 4 (2): 606-15.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Health, HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: coping mechanisms, cultural violence against widows, guardianship institution, HIV/AIDS, professional cleaners, sexual cleansing rite

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    Burying Otieno: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity in Kenya

    Stamp, Patricia.1991.”Burying Otieno: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity in Kenya”. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 16 (4): 808-45.

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    Topics: Ethnicity, Gender, Women, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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    Gender, Ethnicity and Class: “Burying Otieno” Revisited

    Gordon, April. 1995. "Gender, Ethnicity and Class in Kenya: “Burying Otieno” Revisited.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 20 (41): 883- 912.

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    Topics: Class, Ethnicity, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: social reality, women's rights, land rights, Property Rights, patriarchy

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    "If You Leave Your Country You Have No Life!" Rape, Suicide and Violence: The Voices of Ethiopian, Somali, and Sudanese Female Refugees in Kenyan Refugee Camps

    Beswick, Stephanie. 2006. “‘If You Leave Your Country You Have No Life!’ Rape, Suicide, and Violence: The Voices of Ethiopian, Somali, and Sudanese Female Refugees in Kenyan Refugee Camps.” Northeast African Studies 8 (3): 69–98.

    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Refugee/IDP Camps, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Health, Mental Health, Trauma, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Security, Human Security, Sexual Violence, Rape Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

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