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    Gender-Based Violence and Property Grabbing in Africa: A Denial of Women’s Security and Liberty

    Izumi, Kaori. 2007.”Gender-Based Violence and Property Grabbing in Africa: A Denial of Women’s Security and Liberty.” Gender and Development 15 (1): 11-23.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Human Security Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Keywords: gendered violence, insecurity, physical abuse, mental harassment, women's rights, Property grabbing

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    Gender and ‘Land Grabbing’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women’s Land Rights and Customary Land Tenure

    Chu, Jessica. 2011. “Gender and ‘Land Grabbing’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women’s Land Rights and Customary Land Tenure.” Development 54 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1057/dev.2010.95.

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, International Financial Institutions, International Organizations, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa Keywords: women's land rights, customary law, land grabs, the World Bank, gender relations

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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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    Gendered Dimensions of Land and Rural Livelihoods: The Case of New Settler Farmer Displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe

    Mutopo, Patience. 2011. Gendered Dimensions of Land and Rural Livelihoods: The Case of New Settler Farmer Displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe. Brighton, UK: Land Deals Politics Initiative.

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    Topics: Agriculture, Development, Displacement & Migration, Forced Migration, Economies, Environment, Gender, Governance, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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    Large Scale Land Deals, Global Capital and the Politics of Livelihoods: Experiences of Women Small-Holder Farmers in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe

    Mutopo, Patience, and Manase Chiweshe. 2012. “Large Scale Land Deals, Global Capital and the Politics of Livelihoods: Experiences of Women Small-Holder Farmers in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing II, Ithaca, NY, October 17-19.

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    Topics: Development, Economies, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe Keywords: large scale, land deals, women livelihood, politics, agency, agro fuels

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    Land Tenure Insecurity and Formalizing Land Rights in Madagascar: A Gender Perspective on the Certification Program

    Widman, Marit. 2014. “Land Tenure Insecurity and Formalizing Land Rights in Madagascar: A Gender Perspective on the Certification Program.” Feminist Economics 20 (1): 130–54. 

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Land Grabbing, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Madagascar Keywords: gender inequality, institutions, land, intrahousehold allocation, survey research, rural economic development

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    Zimbabwe's 'Fast Track' Land Reform: What about Women?

    Goebel, Allison. 2005. “Zimbabwe’s ‘Fast Track’ Land Reform: What about Women?” Gender, Place & Culture 12 (2): 145–72. doi: 10.1080/09663690500094799.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Class, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Displacement & Migration, Forced Migration, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Households, International Organizations, Justice, Land Grabbing, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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    Issues in Women’s Land Rights in Cameroon

    Fonjong, Lotsmart, ed. 2012. Issues in Women’s Land Rights in Cameroon. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group.

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    Topics: Economies, Poverty, Gender, Gender Roles, Gender Balance, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, International Law, Justice, Land Grabbing, NGOs, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon

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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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    Knowledge and Control in the Contemporary Land Rush: Making Local Land Legible and Corporate Power Applicable in Rural Sierra Leone

    Millar, Gearoid. 2016. “Knowledge and Control in the Contemporary Land Rush: Making Local Land Legible and Corporate Power Applicable in Rural Sierra Leone.” Journal of Agrarian Change 16 (2): 206–24. doi:10.1111/joac.12102.

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    Topics: Infrastructure, Land Grabbing, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Sierra Leone Keywords: land-grab, bioenergy, liberalism, international development, Sierra Leone

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