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    Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development: Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges

    Ravnborg, Helle Munk, Rachel Spichiger, Rikke Brandt Broegaard, and Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen. 2016. “Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development: Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges.” Journal of International Development 28 (3): 412–27. 
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    Topics: Economies, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Rights, Land Rights Countries: Côte D'Ivoire Keywords: land tenure, gender equality, customary, statutory, legal, development, cooperation

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    Falling Between Two Stools: How Women’s Land Rights are Lost between State and Customary Law in Apac District, Northern Uganda

    Adoko, Judy, and Simon Levine. 2008. "Falling Between Two Stools: How Women’s Land Rights are Lost between State and Customary Law in Apac District, Northern Uganda." In Women's Land Rights and Privatization in Eastern Africa, edited by Birgit Englert and Elizabeth Daley, 101-20. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, James Currey. 

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Governance, Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Land Tenure, Rights, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda

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    From Male to Joint Land Ownership: Women's Experiences of the Land Tenure Reform Programme in Rwanda

    Bayisenge, Jeannette. 2018. "From Male to Joint Land Ownership: Women's Experiences of the Land Tenure Reform Programme in Rwanda." Journal of Agrarian Change 18 (3): 588-605.

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    Topics: Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Land Tenure, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: land rights, land tenure reform, Rwanda, women's experiences

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    Implications of Customary Practices on Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership in Cameroon

    Fonjong, Lotsmart, Irene Fokum Sama-Lang, and Lawrence Fon Fombe. 2012. “Implications of Customary Practices on Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership in Cameroon.” Ethics and Social Welfare 6 (3): 260-74.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Development, Conflict, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Peace and Security, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Cameroon Keywords: women's rights, land tenure, customary practices, discrimination, development

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    Contesting Customary Law in the Eastern Cape: Gender, Place and Land Tenure

    Weinberg, Tara. 2013. "Contesting Customary Law in the Eastern Cape: Gender, Place and Land Tenure." Acta Juridica 2013 (1): 110-7.

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    Topics: Land Tenure, Governance, Rights, Human Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Coping with History and Hydrology: How Kenya's Settlement and Land Tenure Patterns Shape Contemporary Water Rights and Gender Relations in Water

    Onyango, Leah, Brent Swallow, Jessica L. Roy, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick. 2007. “Coping with History and Hydrology: How Kenya’s Settlement and Land Tenure Patterns Shape Contemporary Water Rights and Gender Relations in Water.” In Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries, edited by Barbara van Koppen, Mark Giordano, and John Butterworth, 173–95. Oxfordshire: CAB International.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Development, Ethnicity, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Land Tenure, Governance, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya Keywords: legal pluralism, land tenure, water tenure, gender roles, integrated natural resource management, Property Rights, policy framework, community participation

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    Gender and Land Rights in Murang'a District, Kenya

    Mackenzie, Fiona. 1990. "Gender and Land Rights in Murang'a district, Kenya." The Journal of Peasant Studies 17 (4): 609-43.

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    Topics: Gender, Governance, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Kenya

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    A Walk on the Wild Side of Gender, War and Development in Afghanistan and Northern Uganda

    Blumberg, Rae Lesser. 2015. "A Walk on the Wild Side of Gender, War and Development in Afghanistan and Northern Uganda." In Development in Crisis: Threats to Human Well-Being in the Global South and Global North, edited by Rae Lesser Blumberg and Samuel Cohn, 134-55. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd. 

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    Topics: Development, Economies, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Livelihoods, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan

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    Democracy, Class & Gender in Land Reform: A Zimbabwean Example?

    Jacobs, Susie. 2003. "Democracy, Class & Gender in Land Reform: A Zimbabwean Example?" In Walking Towards Justice: Democratization in Rural Life, edited by Michael M. Bell and Fred Hendricks, 203-28. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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    Topics: Class, Gender, Governance, Rights, Land Rights, Violence Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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    Aftermath: Women and Women’s Organizations In Postconflict Societies: The Role of International Assistance

    Kumar, Krishna. 2001. Aftermath: Women and Women’s Organizations In Postconflict Societies: The Role of International Assistance. USAID Program and Operations Assessment Report No. 28, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Civil Society, Displacement & Migration, Economies, Poverty, Gender, Gender Roles, Women, Governance, Elections, Health, Trauma, International Organizations, Livelihoods, Political Participation, Rights, Land Rights, Security, Sexual Violence, SV against Women, Violence Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Americas, Central America, Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Rwanda

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