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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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    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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    Personal Reflections on Drafting Laws to Improve Women’s Access to Land: Is There a Magic Wand?

    McAuslan, Patrick. 2010. “Personal Reflections on Drafting Laws to Improve Women’s Access to Land: Is There a Magic Wand?” Journal of Eastern African Studies 4 (1): 114-30.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Constitutions, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Keywords: gender equality, law reform, land policy

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    An Assessment of the Evolution of Land Tenure System in Cameroon and its Effects on Women’s Land Rights and Food Security

    Fonjong, Lotsmart, Irene Sama-Lang, and Fombe Lawrence Fon. 2010. “An Assessment of the Evolution of Land Tenure System in Cameroon and Its Effects on Women’s Land Rights and Food Security.” Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 9 (1): 154–69. 

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    Topics: Agriculture, Development, Gender, Women, Gender Mainstreaming, Land Tenure, Infrastructure, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Food Security Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon

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    Logging Conflicts in Southern Cameroon: A Feminist Ecological Economics Perspective

    Veuthey, Sandra, and Julien-François Gerber. 2010. “Logging Conflicts in Southern Cameroon: A Feminist Ecological Economics Perspective.” Ecological Economics 70 (2): 170–77. 

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    Topics: Development, Economies, Environment, Extractive Industries, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Masculinity/ies, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Livelihoods, NGOs, Political Economies, Political Participation, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon Keywords: biodiversity, community forest institutions, environmental conflicts, gender division of work, logging, non-timber forest products

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    Women's Land Rights in the Context of the Land Tenure Reform in Rwanda – the Experiences of Policy Implementers

    Bayisenge, Jeannette, Staffan Höjer, and Margareta Espling. 2015. “Women’s Land Rights in the Context of the Land Tenure Reform in Rwanda – the Experiences of Policy Implementers.” Journal of Eastern African Studies 9 (1): 74–90. doi:10.1080/17531055.2014.985496.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: Rwanda, land tenure reform, land rights, women, policy implementation, land registration

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    Women’s Land Rights and Working Conditions in Large-Scale Plantations in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Fonjong, Lotsmart. 2016. “Women’s Land Rights and Working Conditions in Large-Scale Plantations in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Africa Development 41 (3): 49–69.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon

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    Women, Land and Empowerment in Rwanda

    Abbott, Pamela, Roger Mugisha and Roger Sapsford. 2018. “Women, Land and Empowerment in Rwanda.” Journal of International Development 30: 1006–22.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: Land Tenure Regularisation, inheritance, women's empowerment, Rwanda, patriarchy, consensus governance

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    Institutional, Economic and Socio-Cultural Factors Accounting for Gender-based Inequalities in Land Title Procurement in Cameroon

    Njoh, Ambe J., Liora Bigon, Erick O.Ananga and Richard A. Ayuk-Etang. 2018. "Institutional, Economic and Socio-Cultural Factors Accounting for Gender-based Inequalities in Land Title Procurement in Cameroon." Land Use Policy 78: 116-25.

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    Topics: Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Indigenous, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon Keywords: Cameroon, gender- based inequality, land law, land titling, land policy, land tenure formalization

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    Aftermath: Women and Women’s Organizations In Postconflict Societies: The Role of International Assistance

    Kumar, Krishna. 2001. Aftermath: Women and Women’s Organizations In Postconflict Societies: The Role of International Assistance. USAID Program and Operations Assessment Report No. 28, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Civil Society, Displacement & Migration, Economies, Poverty, Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Governance, Elections, Health, Trauma, International Organizations, Livelihoods, Political Participation, Rights, Land Rights, Security, Sexual Violence, SV against Women, Violence Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Americas, Central America, Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Rwanda

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