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  1. Research

    Gender and ‘Land Grabbing’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women’s Land Rights and Customary Land Tenure

    Chu, Jessica. 2011. “Gender and ‘Land Grabbing’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women’s Land Rights and Customary Land Tenure.” Development 54 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1057/dev.2010.95.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, International Financial Institutions, International Organizations, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa Keywords: women's land rights, customary law, land grabs, the World Bank, gender relations

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    Tierra de mujeres: reflexiones sobre el acceso de las mujeres rurales a la tierra en América Latina

    Deere, Carmen Diana, Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel, Claudia Ranaboldo,and Patricia Costas Monje. 2011. Tierra de mujeres: reflexiones sobre el acceso de las mujeres rurales a la tierra en América Latina. La Paz,Bolivia: International Land Coalition (ILC).

    Topics: Domestic Violence, Economies, Economic Inequality, Poverty, Gender, Women, Men, Gender Roles, Gender Analysis, Femininity/ies, Gender Mainstreaming, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Hierarchies, Gender Equality/Inequality, International Organizations, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Security Regions: Americas, Central America, South America

  3. Research

    Nigeria: Illegal Logging & Forest Women’s Resistance

    Johnson, Christiana O. 2003. “Nigeria: Illegal Logging & Forest Women’s Resistance.” Review of African Political Economy 30 (95): 156–62.
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    Topics: Economies, Poverty, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, International Organizations, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria

  4. Research

    Financialization, Resistance, and the Question of Women’s Land Rights

    Collins, Andrea M. 2018. "Financialization, Resistance, and the Question of Women’s Land Rights." International Feminist Journal of Politics 21 (3): 454- 76.

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    Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Indigenous, International Organizations, Land Grabbing, Land Tenure, Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Keywords: land governance, gender, food sovereignty, collective rights, international institutions

  5. Research

    Revisiting the World Bank’s Land Law Reform Agenda in Africa: The Promise and Perils of Customary Practices

    Collins, Andrea, and Matthew I. Mitchell. 2018. “Revisiting the World Bank’s Land Law Reform Agenda in Africa: The Promise and Perils of Customary Practices.” Journal of Agrarian Change 18 (1): 112–31.
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    Topics: Conflict Prevention, Displacement & Migration, Conflict, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, International Financial Institutions, International Organizations, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana, Tanzania Keywords: customary practices, Ghana, land law reform, World Bank, Tanzania, Africa

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    Women’s Rights to Land, Property and Housing

    Farha, Leilani. 2000. “Women’s Rights to Land, Property and Housing.” Forced Migration Review 7: 23–6.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, International Organizations, Livelihoods, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights

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