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    Gender Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria: The Role of Women

    Ogunlela, Yemisi I., and Aisha A. Mukhtar. 2009. “Gender Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria: The Role of Women.” Humanity & Social Sciences Journal 4 (1): 19–30.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Agriculture, Development, Food Security, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Livelihoods, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria Keywords: agriculture, food security, gender inequality, household economy, Nigeria, women farmers

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    Gendered Impacts of Commercial Pressures on Land

    Daley, Elizabeth. 2010. Gendered Impacts of Commercial Pressures on Land. Rome: International Land Coalition.

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    Topics: Extractive Industries, Gender, Gender Analysis, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Grabbing, Multi-National Corporations, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, SV against Women, Violence Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Benin, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Zambia

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    The Other Side of Civil Society Story: Women, Oil and the Niger Delta Environmental Struggle in Nigeria

    Anugwom, Edlyne Ezenongaya, and Kenechukwu N. Anugwom. 2009. "The Other Side of Civil Society Story: Women, Oil and the Niger Delta Environmental Struggle in Nigeria." GeoJournal 74 (4): 333-46.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Development, Economies, Economic Inequality, Poverty, Environment, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Livelihoods, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria Keywords: Niger Delta, environment, development, oil, women, communities

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    Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India

    Deere, Carmen Diana, Abena D. Oduro, Hema Swaminathan, and Cheryl Doss. 2013. “Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India.” Journal of Economic Inequality 11 (2): 249–65.

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    Topics: Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa, Americas, South America, Asia, South Asia Countries: Ecuador, Ghana, India Keywords: inheritance regimes, marital regimes, women's property rights, asset ownership, wealth in developing countries

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    Land Grab, Property Rights and Gender Equality in Pluralistic Legal Orders: A Nigerian Perspective

     Nwapi, Chilenye. 2016. “Land Grab, Property Rights and Gender Equality in Pluralistic Legal Orders: A Nigerian Perspective.” African Journal of Legal Studies 9 (2): 124–46.

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    Topics: Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Justice, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria Keywords: land grab, customary law, statute law, legal pluralism, gender inequality, Property Rights

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    Cultural Practices and Women’s Land Rights in Africa: South Africa and Nigeria in Comparison

    Eniola, Bolanle, and Adeoye O. Akinola. 2019. “Cultural Practices and Women’s Land Rights in Africa: South Africa and Nigeria in Comparison.” In Trajectory of Land Reform in Post-Colonial African States. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, edited by Adeoye O. Akinola, and Henry Wissink, 109-123. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 

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    Topics: Development, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Food Security Regions: Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria, South Africa Keywords: cultural practices, gender inequalities, land rights, Nigeria, South Africa

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    Gender and Land Dispossession: A Comparative Analysis

    Levien, Michael. 2017. “Gender and Land Dispossession: A Comparative Analysis.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (6): 1111–34.  

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    Topics: Agriculture, Caste, Class, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Patriarchy, Households, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa, Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Gambia, India, Indonesia Keywords: land grabs, gender, dispossession, displacement, enclosure

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    Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene, Gaynor Paradza, and Walter Dachaga. 2019. “Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Land 8 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/land8020022

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe Keywords: differentiation, gender, land, land access, land rights, land tenure, tenure security, social tenure, Sub-Saharan Africa, women, women's differentiation

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    "Why Don’t They Change?" Law Reform, Tradition and Widows’ Rights in Ghana

    Akoto, Augustina. 2013. “‘Why Don’t They Change?’ Law Reform, Tradition and Widows’ Rights in Ghana.” Feminist Legal Studies 21 (3): 263–79. doi:10.1007/s10691-013-9252-y.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Analysis, Gender Equality/Inequality, Post-Conflict, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana Keywords: gender equality, Ghana, law reform, legal pluralism, Intestacy, Personal narrative analysis

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    When a Good Business Model Is Not Enough: Land Transactions and Gendered Livelihood Prospects in Rural Ghana

    Tsikata, Dzodzi, and Joseph Awetori Yaro. 2014. “When a Good Business Model Is Not Enough: Land Transactions and Gendered Livelihood Prospects in Rural Ghana.” Feminist Economics 20 (1): 202–26.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Economies, Economic Inequality, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Ghana Keywords: business model, commercial agriculture, commons, Gender, land tenure, livelihoods

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