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   Human Rights, Formalization and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa

   Ikdahl, Ingunn, Anne Hellum Randi Kaarhus, Tor A. Benjaminsen, and Patricia Kameri-Mbote. 2005. Human Rights, Formalization and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa. 26. Aas, Norway: Noragric. 

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   Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Households, International Organizations, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Keywords: development, economics, law, women's land rights, women, International actors

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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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   Explaining Women's Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Yoon, Mi Yung. 2004. “Explaining Women’s Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 29 (3): 447–68. doi:10.3162/036298004X201258.

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   Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Quotas, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa

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   Human Security and Layers of Oppression: Women in South Africa

   Muthien, Bernedette. 2010. “Human Security and Layers of Oppression: Women in South Africa.” In The Gender Imperative: Human Security Vs State Security, edited by Betty A. Reardon and Asha Hans, 61–86. New York: Routledge.

   Topics: Armed Conflict, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Security, Human Security Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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   ‘These Women, They Force Us to Rape Them:’ Rape as Narrative of Social Control in Post-Apartheid South Africa

   Moffett, Helen. 2006. “‘These Women, They Force Us to Rape Them:’ Rape as Narrative of Social Control in Post-Apartheid South Africa.” Journal of Southern African Studies 32 (1): 129–44.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Girls, Boys, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Race, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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   Zulu Masculinities, Warrior Culture and Stick Fighting: Reassessing Male Violence and Virtue in South Africa

   Carton, Benedict, and Robert Morrell. 2012. “Zulu Masculinities, Warrior Culture and Stick Fighting: Reassessing Male Violence and Virtue in South Africa.” Journal of Southern African Studies 38 (1): 31-53.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Men, Boys, Masculinity/ies, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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   Widows’ Land Security in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia

   Chapoto, Antony, T. S. Jayne, and Nicole M. Mason. 2011. “Widows’ Land Security in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 59 (3): 511–47. doi:10.1086/658346.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Health, HIV/AIDS, Households, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zambia

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   Women’s Struggles to Access and Control Land and Livelihoods after Fast Track Land Reform in Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

   Mutopo, Patience. 2011. “Women’s Struggles to Access and Control Land and Livelihoods after Fast Track Land Reform in Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe.” Journal of Peasant Studies 38 (5): 1021–46. doi:10.1080/03066150.2011.635787.

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   Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe Keywords: women, access to land, fast track, land reform, negotiation, livelihoods, non-Western, Rights, non-permanent mobility

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   Women and the Military: Implications for Demilitarization in the 1990s in South Africa

   Cock, Jacklyn. 1994. "Women and the Military: Implications for Demilitarization in the 1990s in South Africa." Gender & Society 8 (2): 152-69.

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   Topics: DDR, Gender, Women, Masculinity/ies, Femininity/ies, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries, Militarization, Non-State Armed Groups, Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Zimbabwe's 'Fast Track' Land Reform: What about Women?

    Goebel, Allison. 2005. “Zimbabwe’s ‘Fast Track’ Land Reform: What about Women?” Gender, Place & Culture 12 (2): 145–72. doi: 10.1080/09663690500094799.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Class, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Displacement & Migration, Forced Migration, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, International Organizations, Justice, Land Grabbing, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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