Women’s Land Access in Post-Conflict Rwanda: Bridging the Gap between Customary Land Law and Pending Land Legislation | Land Portal

Información del recurso

Date of publication: 
Noviembre 2004
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
mokoro:5543

Contains sections on the effects on women of Rwanda’s civil war, the legal system, the gap between customary law and land legislation, research findings about Rwandan women’s rights, a number of dispute case studies, including methods of dispute settlement. Argues that a gap exists between customary and modern legal systems, creating both land access opportunities and constraints for women. Demonstrates the creativity with which women are bridging that gap in a state of legal uncertainty. Suggests government officials should achieve land policy and legislation that specifies and guarantees women’s land rights in theory and practice.

Autores y editores

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Laurel L. Rose

Corporate Author(s): 

Carnegie Mellon University (commonly known as CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools, the university became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University.

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