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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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   Gender, Traditional Authority, and the Politics of Rural Reform in South Africa

   Rangan, Haripriya, and Mary Gilmartin. 2008. “Gender, Traditional Authority, and the Politics of Rural Reform in South Africa.” Development and Change 33 (4): 633-658.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Equity, Governance, Constitutions, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa Keywords: women's land rights, customary law, gender inequality, informal access to communal land, New South African Constitution

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   The Communal Land Rights Act and Women: Does the Act Remedy or Entrench Discrimination and the Distortion of the Customary?

   Claassens, Aninka. 2005. The Communal Land Rights Act and Women: Does the Act Remedy or Entrench Discrimination and the Distortion of the Customary? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, School of Government, University of the Western Cape.

   Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa Keywords: women's land rights, land reform, customary law, gender inequality, tenure security

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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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   Reshaping Women’s Land Rights on Communal Rangeland

   Kleinbooi, Karin. 2013. “Reshaping Women’s Land Rights on Communal Rangeland.” African Journal of Range & Forage Science 30 (1-2): 17–21.

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   Topics: Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Land Tenure, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Namibia, South Africa

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   Livestock and the Rangeland Commons in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform

   Hall, Ruth, and Ben Cousins. 2013. “Livestock and the Rangeland Commons in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform.” African Journal of Range & Forage Science 30 (1-2): 11–15. doi:10.2989/10220119.2013.768704.

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   Topics: Class, Economies, Economic Inequality, Poverty, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Race, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa Keywords: communal rangelands, land reform, livestock, natural resource management, South Africa

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   Women’s Struggles to Access and Control Land and Livelihoods after Fast Track Land Reform in Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

   Mutopo, Patience. 2011. “Women’s Struggles to Access and Control Land and Livelihoods after Fast Track Land Reform in Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe.” Journal of Peasant Studies 38 (5): 1021–46. doi:10.1080/03066150.2011.635787.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe Keywords: women, access to land, fast track, land reform, negotiation, livelihoods, non-Western, Rights, non-permanent mobility

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   Women’s Land Rights in Tanzania and South Africa: A Human Rights Based Perspective on Formalisation

   Kaarhus, Randi, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Anne Hellum, and Ingunn Ikdahl. 2005. “Women’s Land Rights in Tanzania and South Africa: A Human Rights Based Perspective on Formalisation.” Forum for Development Studies 32 (2): 443–82.

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   Topics: Development, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa, Tanzania

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   Women, Land and Authority: Perspectives from South Africa

   Meer, Shamim. 1997. Women, Land and Authority: Perspectives from South Africa. Cape Town, Zimbabwe: National Land Committee.

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   Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Development, Gender, Women, Governance, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Recent Changes in Women’s Land Rights and Contested Customary Law in South Africa

    Claassens, Aninka. 2013. “Recent Changes in Women’s Land Rights and Contested Customary Law in South Africa.” Journal of Agrarian Change 13 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1111/joac.12007.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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