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   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

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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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   The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights – Case Studies from Kenya

   Aliber, Michael, Cherryl Walker, Mumbi Machera, Paul Kamau, Charles Omondi, and Karuti Kanyinga. 2004. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights: Case Studies from Kenya. Cape Town: HSRC Publisher.

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   Topics: Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Households, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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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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   The Gender of the Gold: An Ethnographic and Historical Account of Women’s Involvement in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Mount Kaindi, Papua New Guinea

   Moretti, Daniele. 2006. “The Gender of the Gold: An Ethnographic and Historical Account of Women’s Involvement in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Mount Kaindi, Papua New Guinea.” Oceania 76 (2): 133–49. doi:10.2307/40332019.

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   Topics: Development, Economies, Environment, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Households, Livelihoods, Multi-National Corporations Regions: Oceania Countries: Papua New Guinea

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   Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia

   Holden, Stein T., Klaus Deininger, and Hosaena Ghebru. 2011. “Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia.” Journal of Development Studies 47 (1): 31–47. doi:10.1080/00220381003706460.

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   Topics: Economies, Poverty, Gender, Land Tenure, Governance, Households, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia

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   Women’s Property Rights HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Districts in South Africa and Uganda

   Swaminathan, Hema. 2008. Women’s Property Rights HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Districts in South Africa and Uganda. Cape Town, ZA: Human Sciences Research Council.

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   Topics: Economies, Domestic Violence, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Health, HIV/AIDS, International Law, Households, Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa, Uganda

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   ‘Without Land We Are Nothing’: The Effect of Land Tenure Policies and Practices upon Rural Women in Kenya

   Davison, Jean. 1987. “‘Without Land We Are Nothing’: The Effect of Land Tenure Policies and Practices upon Rural Women in Kenya.” Rural Africana 27: 19–33.

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   Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Agriculture, Economies, Gender, Women, Land Tenure, Households, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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   Land Reform & the Rekindling of Land Conflicts in South Africa: Rural Women’s Access to Land

   Andrew, Nancy. 2007. “Land Reform & the Rekindling of Land Conflicts in South Africa: Rural Women’s Access to Land." In Conflicts Over Land & Water in Africa, edited by William Derman, Rie Odgaard, and Espen Sjaastad, Chapter 7. Oxford: James Currey.

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   Topics: Economies, Economic Inequality, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Households, Justice, Reparations, Livelihoods, Race, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights

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    Land Registration and Certification as a Key Strategy for Ensuring Gender Equity, Preventing Land Grabbing and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia

    Gebre-Egziabher, Abraha Kinfe. 2013. “Land Registration and Certification as a Key Strategy for Ensuring Gender Equity, Preventing Land Grabbing and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia.” International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity 8 (2): 5-22.
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    Topics: Agriculture, Economies, Economic Inequality, Poverty, Environment, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Land Tenure, Households, Land Grabbing, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Ethiopia Keywords: Agricultural productivity, financial capital, human capital, natural capital, social capital, gender equity capital, Land Certification, grabbing, registration, sustainable development, Tigray, Ethiopia

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