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    Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market

    Agarwal, Bina. 2003. “Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market.” Journal of Agrarian Change 3 (1-2): 184-224.

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    Topics: Class, Economies, Gender, Women, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: women's land rights, inheritance, land market access, group farming, land reform

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    Gender, Traditional Authority, and the Politics of Rural Reform in South Africa

    Rangan, Haripriya, and Mary Gilmartin. 2008. “Gender, Traditional Authority, and the Politics of Rural Reform in South Africa.” Development and Change 33 (4): 633-658.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Equity, Governance, Constitutions, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa Keywords: women's land rights, customary law, gender inequality, informal access to communal land, New South African Constitution

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    Women and Land Tenure in Southern Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach

    Mutangadura, Gladys. 2004. “Women and Land Tenure in Southern Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach.” Paper prepared for Session Two: Gender, Land Rights and Inheritance, Church House, Westminister, London, United Kingdom, November 8-9.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Livelihoods, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa

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    Land Rights, Gender Equality and Household Food Security: Exploring the Conceptual Links in the Case of India

    Rao, Nitya. 2006. “Land Rights, Gender Equality and Household Food Security: Exploring the Conceptual Links in the Case of India." Food Policy 31: 180-193.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Economies, Food Security, Gender, Women, Men, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Security Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: gender equality, land rights, household food security, gender relations, agricultural policies

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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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    Intergenerational Struggles over Urban Housing: The Impact on Livelihoods of the Elderly in Zimbabwe

    Paradza, Gaynor Gamuchirai. 2009. “Intergenerational Struggles over Urban Housing: The Impact on Livelihoods of the Elderly in Zimbabwe.” Gender & Development 17 (3): 417-26.

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    Topics: Age, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Households, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe Keywords: elderly, Zimbabwe, urban, housing, inheritance, livelihood, tenure

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    Roles and Status of Women in Extractive Industries in India: Making a Place for a Gender-Sensitive Mining Development

    Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala. 2007. “Roles and Status of Women in Extractive Industries in India: Making a Place for a Gender-Sensitive Mining Development.” Social Change 37 (4): 37–64.

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    Topics: Caste, Class, Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Indigenous, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India

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    Women’s Absence, Women’s Power: Indigenous Women and Negotiations with Mining Companies in Australia and Canada

    O’Faircheallaigh, Ciaran. 2013. “Women’s Absence, Women’s Power: Indigenous Women and Negotiations with Mining Companies in Australia and Canada.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 36 (11): 1789–807.

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    Topics: Economies, Ethnicity, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Indigenous, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Americas, North America, Oceania Countries: Australia, Canada Keywords: indigenous peoples, aboriginal, power, land rights, mining

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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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    Land Grabs, Women’s Farming, and Women’s Activism in Africa

    Koopman, Jeanne, and Iba Mar Faye. 2012. “Land Grabs, Women’s Farming, and Women’s Activism in Africa.” In International Conference on Global Land Grabbing II. Ithaca, NY. 

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    Topics: Civil Society, Economies, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Households, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa

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