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    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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    Gendered Frontiers of Land Control: Indigenous Territory, Women and Contests over Land in Ecuador

    Radcliffe, Sarah A. 2013. “Gendered Frontiers of Land Control: Indigenous Territory, Women and Contests over Land in Ecuador.” Gender, Place & Culture. doi:10.1080/0966369X.2013.802675.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Gender, Women, Indigenous, Land Grabbing, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Race, Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Violence Regions: Americas, South America Countries: Ecuador Keywords: gender, neoliberalism, collective title, Ecuador, land grabs, multiculturalism

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    Issues in Women’s Land Rights in Cameroon

    Fonjong, Lotsmart, ed. 2012. Issues in Women’s Land Rights in Cameroon. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group.

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    Topics: Economies, Poverty, Gender, Gender Roles, Gender Balance, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, International Law, Justice, Land Grabbing, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon

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    Women’s Land: Reflections on Rural Women’s Access to Land in Latin America

    Deere, Carmen Diana, Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel, and Claudia Ranaboldo. 2011. Women’s Land: Reflections on Rural Women’s Access to Land in Latin America. Translated by Sara Shields. La Paz, Bolivia: Fundación Tierra.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Indigenous, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, Political Participation, Rights, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Food Security Regions: Americas, Central America, South America

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    Los derechos a la tierra y la fiebre por ella: hallazgos del Proyecto de Investigación Global Presiones Comerciales sobre la Tierra

    Anseeuw, Ward, Liz Alden Wily, Lorenzo Cotula, and M. Taylor. 2012. Los derechos a la tierra y la fiebre por ella: hallazgos del Proyecto de Investigación Global Presiones Comerciales sobre la Tierra. Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC).

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    Topics: Civil Society, Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Women, Men, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Constitutions, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Americas, Central America, South America

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    Land Rights and the Rush for Land

    Anseeuw, Ward, Liz Alden Wily, Lorenzo Cotula, and M. Taylor. 2012. Land Rights and the Rush for Land. Rome, Italy: International Land Coalition (ILC).

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    Topics: Civil Society, Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Women, Men, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Constitutions, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Americas, Central America, South America

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    Gender, Property and Land Rights: Bridging a Critical Gap in Economic Analysis and Policy

    Agarwal, Bina. 1995. “Gender, Property and Land Rights: Bridging a Critical Gap in Economic Analysis and Policy.” In Out of the Margin: Feminist Perspectives on Economics, edited by Edith Kuiper and Jolande Sap, 192–214. London: Routledge.

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    Topics: Gender, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights

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    Interrogating Large Scale Land Acquisition and Its Implication on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana

    Darkwah, Akosua K., Peace A. Medie, and Maame Gyekye-Jandoh. 2017. “Interrogating Large Scale Land Acquisition and Its Implication on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana.” Working Paper No. 401/August 2017. The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights, Boston, MA.

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    Topics: Economies, Economic Inequality, Environment, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana

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    A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

    Salcedo-La Viña, Celine, and Laura Notess. 2018. “A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique.” Working Paper, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa Countries: Mozambique, Tanzania

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    The Praxis of Access: Gender in Myanmar’s National Land Use Policy

    Faxon, Hilary Oliva. 2015. “The Praxis of Access: Gender in Myanmar’s National Land Use Policy.” Paper presented at the Conference on Land Grabbing, Conflict and Agrarian‐Environmental Transformations: Perspectives from East and Southeast Asia, Chaing Mai University, June 5-6. 

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    Topics: Development, Feminisms, Gender, Gendered Discourses, Households, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Myanmar

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