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   Women and Land Tenure in Southern Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach

   Mutangadura, Gladys. 2004. “Women and Land Tenure in Southern Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach.” Paper prepared for Session Two: Gender, Land Rights and Inheritance, Church House, Westminister, London, United Kingdom, November 8-9.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Livelihoods, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa

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   Land Rights, Gender Equality and Household Food Security: Exploring the Conceptual Links in the Case of India

   Rao, Nitya. 2006. “Land Rights, Gender Equality and Household Food Security: Exploring the Conceptual Links in the Case of India." Food Policy 31: 180-193.

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   Topics: Agriculture, Economies, Food Security, Gender, Women, Men, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Security Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: gender equality, land rights, household food security, gender relations, agricultural policies

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   Women, Wives and Land Rights in Africa: Situating Gender Beyond the Household in the Debate Over Land Policy and Changing Tenure Systems

   Yngstrom, Ingrid. 2002. “Women, Wives and Land Rights in Africa: Situating Gender Beyond the Household in the Debate Over Land Policy and Changing Tenure Systems.” Oxford Development Studies 31 (1): 21-40.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania

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   Gender-Based Violence and Property Grabbing in Africa: A Denial of Women’s Security and Liberty

   Izumi, Kaori. 2007.”Gender-Based Violence and Property Grabbing in Africa: A Denial of Women’s Security and Liberty.” Gender and Development 15 (1): 11-23.

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   Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Human Security Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Keywords: gendered violence, insecurity, physical abuse, mental harassment, women's rights, Property grabbing

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   Gender, Property Rights, and Natural Resources

   Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Lynn Brown, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Agnes Quisumbing. 1997. “Gender, Property Rights and Natural Resources.” World Development 25 (8): 1303–15.

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   Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gender Analysis, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Keywords: natural resources, intrahousehold, land tenure, water resources, trees

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   Formalization of Land Rights in the South: An Overview

   Sjaastad, Espen, and Ben Cousins. 2008. “Formalization of Land Rights in the South: An Overview.” Land Use Policy 26: 1-9.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa Keywords: property, land rights, poverty, development, formalization

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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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   Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania

   Tsikata, Dzodzi. 2003. “Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania.” Journal of Agrarian Change 3 (1-2): 149-83.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Hierarchies, Land Tenure, Governance, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania Keywords: land reform, women, customary law

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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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    Ahead of the Game: Land Tenure Reform in Rwanda and the Process of Securing Women’s Land Rights

    Daley, Elizabeth, Rachel Dore-Weeks, and Claudine Umuhoza. 2010. “Ahead of the Game: Land Tenure Reform in Rwanda and the Process of Securing Women’s Land Rights.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 4 (1): 131-52.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: land tenure reform, gender equality, succession law, organic land law

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