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  1. Research

    On the Edge of the Law: Women’s Property Rights and Dispute Resolution in Kisii, Kenya

    Henrysson, Elin, and Sandra F. Joireman. 2010. “On the Edge of the Law: Women’s Property Rights and Dispute Resolution in Kisii, Kenya.” Law and Society Review 43 (1): 39-60.

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    Topics: Conflict Prevention, Economies, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: Property Rights, gender inequality, rights of ownership, customary law, formal and informal dispute settlements

  2. Research

    The Failure of Popular Justice in Uganda: Local Councils and Women’s Property Rights

    Khadiagala, Lynn. 2001.”The Failure of Popular Justice in Uganda: Local Councils and Women’s Property Rights.” Development and Change 32: 55-76.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Justice, International Tribunals & Special Courts, Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda Keywords: local councils, customary law, informal institutions, gender inequality, Property Rights, women's rights

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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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    Controlling Land They Call Their Own: Access and Women's Empowerment in Northern Tanzania

    Goldman, Mara J., Alicia Davis, and Jani Little. 2016. “Controlling Land They Call Their Own: Access and Women's Empowerment in Northern Tanzania.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 43 (4): 777-97.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania Keywords: Property Rights, maasai, land, gender, women, Tanzania, empowerment, access

  5. Research

    Gender Equality in Ownership of Agricultural Land in Rural Tanzania: Does Matrilineal Tenure System Matter?

    Kongela, Sophia Marcian. 2020. “Gender Equality in Ownership of Agricultural Land in Rural Tanzania: Does Matrilineal Tenure System Matter?” African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences 3 (3): 13-27.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Gender, Gender Analysis, Gender Roles, Men, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Food Security Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania Keywords: gender equality, access to land, land ownership, land tenure, Tanzania

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    Human Security and Reconstruction Efforts in Rwanda: Impact on the Lives of Women

    Gervais, Myriam. 2004. “Human Security and Reconstruction Efforts in Rwanda: Impact on the Lives of Women.” Development in Practice 13 (5): 542-550.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Girls, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Genocide, Households, Livelihoods, NGOs, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Human Security Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: women's land rights, women, economic security, socio-political security, reconstruction

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    Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda’s 2005 Land Law in Context

    Pottier, Johan. 2006. “Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda’s 2005 Land Law in Context.” Journal of Agrarian Change 6 (4): 509-37.

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    Topics: Conflict Prevention, Gender, Women, Girls, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Peacebuilding, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: land reform, social inequality, new elites, land scarcity, local government, aid policy

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    Situating Sexual Violence in Rwanda (1990-2001): Sexual Agency, Sexual Consent, and the Political Economy of War

    Bumet, Jennie E. 2012. “Situating Sexual Violence in Rwanda (1990–2001): Sexual Agency, Sexual Consent, and the Political Economy of War.” African Studies Review 55 (2): 97–118. doi:10.1353/arw.2012.0034.

     

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Girls, Gender Analysis, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Hierarchies, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Post-Conflict, Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda

  9. Research

    Justice and Power in the Adjudication of Women’s Property Rights in Uganda

    Khadiagala, Lynn S. 2003. “Justice and Power in the Adjudication of Women’s Property Rights in Uganda.” Africa Today 49 (2): 101-121.

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    Topics: Citizenship, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Justice, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda Keywords: women's land rights, legal system, Gender

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    Gender and Property Rights within Postconflict Situations

    Lastarria-Cornhiel, Susana. 2005. "Gender and Property Rights within Postconflict Situations." Working Paper 12, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Americas, Central America, Asia, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Guatemala, Rwanda Keywords: Gender, gender equity, post-conflict reconstruction, women's rights, Property Rights

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