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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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    Women, Wives and Land Rights in Africa: Situating Gender Beyond the Household in the Debate Over Land Policy and Changing Tenure Systems

    Yngstrom, Ingrid. 2002. “Women, Wives and Land Rights in Africa: Situating Gender Beyond the Household in the Debate Over Land Policy and Changing Tenure Systems.” Oxford Development Studies 31 (1): 21-40.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania

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    Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania

    Tsikata, Dzodzi. 2003. “Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania.” Journal of Agrarian Change 3 (1-2): 149-83.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Hierarchies, Land Tenure, Governance, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania Keywords: land reform, women, customary law

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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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    Gender and the Politics of the Land Reform Process in Tanzania

    Manji, Ambreena. 1998. “Gender and the Politics of the Land Reform Process in Tanzania.” The Journal of Modern African Studies 36 (4): 645–67.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania

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    Women’s Land Rights in Tanzania and South Africa: A Human Rights Based Perspective on Formalisation

    Kaarhus, Randi, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Anne Hellum, and Ingunn Ikdahl. 2005. “Women’s Land Rights in Tanzania and South Africa: A Human Rights Based Perspective on Formalisation.” Forum for Development Studies 32 (2): 443–82.

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    Topics: Development, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Political Economies, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa, Tanzania

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    Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers

    Gladwin, Christina H, ed. 1991. Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers. Gainesville: University of Florida Press: Center for African Studies, University of Florida.
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    Topics: Agriculture, Economies, Poverty, Households, International Financial Institutions, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania

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    A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique

    Salcedo-La Viña, Celine, and Laura Notess. 2018. “A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique.” Working Paper, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa Countries: Mozambique, Tanzania

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    Women, Land and Justice in Tanzania

    Dancer, Helen. 2015. Women, Land and Justice in Tanzania. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. 

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Justice, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania

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    Filling the Legal Void? Impacts of a Community-Based Legal Aid Program on Women’s Land-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices

    Mueller, Valerie, Lucy Billings, Tewodaj Mogues, Amber Peterman, and Ayala Wineman. 2018. “Filling the Legal Void? Impacts of a Community-Based Legal Aid Program on Women’s Land-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices.” Oxford Development Studies 46 (4): 453–69.

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    Topics: Education, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Tanzania

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