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  1. Research

    Women and Peace Dialogue in the Middle East

    Powers, Janet M. 2003. “Women and Peace Dialogue in the Middle East.” Peace Review 15 (1): 25-31.

    Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East Countries: Israel, Palestine / Occupied Palestinian Territories

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    Aftermath: Women's Organizations in Postconflict Rwanda

    Newbury, Catherine, and Hannah Baldwin. 2000. "Aftermath: Women's Organizations in Postconflict Rwanda." Working Paper No. 304, Center for Development Information and Evaluation, United States Agency for International Aid, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, International Organizations, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda

  3. Research

    Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary

    Whitehead, Ann, and Dzodzi Tsikata. 2003. “Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary.” Journal of Agrarian Change 3 (1-2): 67-112.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Clan, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Households, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa Keywords: customary law, land tenure reform, women's land interests, legal pluralism

  4. Research

    Women’s Movements, Customary Law and Land Rights in Africa: The Case of Uganda

    Tripp, Aili Mari. 2004. “Women’s Movements, Customary Law and Land Rights in Africa: The Case of Uganda.” African Studies Quarterly 7 (4): 1-19.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda

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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

  6. Research

    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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    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

  8. 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

  9. Research

    Widows Weeds: Gender, AIDS and the Agrarian Question in Southern Africa

    O’Laughlin, Bridget. 2007. “Widows Weeds: Gender, AIDS and the Agrarian Question in Southern Africa.” Paper presented at the annual conference of Institudo de Estudos Sociaise Económicos, Maputo, Mozambique, September 19.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa

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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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