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    Women’s Land Rights in Rwanda: How Can They Be Protected and Strengthened as the Land Law is Implemented?

    Brown, Jennifer, and Justine Uvuza. 2006. Women’s Land Rights in Rwanda: How can they be protected and strengthened as the Land Law is implemented? Seattle: Rural Development Institute.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda

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    Our Daughters Inherit our Land, but our Sons Use Their Wives’ Fields: Matrilineal-Matrilocal Land Tenure and the New Land Policy in Malawi

    Peters, Pauline E. 2010. “Our Daughters Inherit our Land, but our Sons Use Their Wives’ Fields: Matrilineal-Matrilocal Land Tenure and the New Land Policy in Malawi.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 4 (1): 179-199.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Men, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Malawi Keywords: matrilineal-matrilocal, land tenure, settlement schemes, gender equity, land policy

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    Women’s Land Rights and Land Tenure Reforms in Malawi: What Difference Does Matriliny Make?

    Kaarhus, Randi. 2010. “Women’s Land Rights and Land Tenure Reforms in Malawi: What Difference Does Matriliny Make?” Forum for Development Studies 37 (2): 171-92.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Malawi Keywords: land rights, formalization, tenure reform, women's rights, gender relations, matriliny, Malawi

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    Sitting at the Table: Securing Benefits for Pastoral Women from Land Tenure Reform in Ethiopia

    Flintan, Fiona. 2010. “Sitting at the Table: Securing Benefits for Pastoral Women from Land Tenure Reform in Ethiopia.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 4 (1): 153- 78.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia Keywords: pastoralism, Borana people, women's rights, sedentarisation, land

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    Está listo (Are you ready)? Gender, Race and Land Registration in the Río Plántano Biosphere Reserve

    Mollett, Sharlene. 2010. "Está listo (Are you ready)? Gender, Race and Land Registration in the Río Plántano Biosphere Reserve.” Gender, Place and Culture 17 (3): 357-375.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Land Tenure, Race, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Honduras Keywords: indigenous peoples, gender, land registration, protected areas, racialization

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    Toward Freedom from Domestic Violence: The Neglected Obvious

    Agarwal, Bina, and Pradeep Panda. 2007. “Toward Freedom from Domestic Violence: The Neglected Obvious.” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 8 (3): 359-88.

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    Topics: Development, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Violence Keywords: domestic violence, women's property status, capabilities and functions, freedom, well-being

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    Women’s Strategies for Customary Land Access in Swaziland and Malawi: A Comparative Study

    Rose, Laurel L. 2002. “Women’s Strategies for Customary Land Access in Swaziland and Malawi: A Comparative Study.” Africa Today 49 (2): 123-49.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Malawi, Swaziland Keywords: customary

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    Women War Survivors of the 1989-2003 Conflict in Liberia: The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

    Liebling-Kalifani, Helen, Victoria Mwaka, Ruth Ojiambo-Ochieng, Juliet Were-Oguttu, Eugene Kinyanda, Deddeh Kwekwe, Lindora Howard, and Cecilia Danuweli. 2011. "Women War Survivors of the 1989-2003 Conflict in Liberia: The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence." Journal of International Women's Studies 12 (1): 1-21.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, International Organizations, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women, Torture, Sexual Torture Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Liberia

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    Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victims' Perspective

    Maedl, Anna. 2011. "Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victims' Perspective." Human Rights Quarterly 33 (1): 128-47.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Health, HIV/AIDS, International Organizations, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Rights, Human Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: sexual violence, rape, war rape, weapon of war

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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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