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Women and Land Tenure Rights in Southern Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2004
Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho
customary law
customary tenure
customary land rights
continuum in land rights
property rights
land rights
Land in Africa: Market Asset or Secure Livelihood Conference Paper
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Women's Property and Inheritance Rights: Improving Lives in a Changing Time

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2003
Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka
land inheritance rights
land policies
property rights
land rights
Full citation: Steinzor, N., "Women's Property and Inheritance Rights: Improving Lives in a Changing Time" FINAL SYNTHESIS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PAPER (USAID and WIDtech 2003).
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Women, Land, and Customary Law

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2011
South Africa
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
land policies
marital property rights
gender equity in access to land
women
property rights
land rights
Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE) Report.
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Women’s Property Rights, HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Districts in South Africa and Uganda

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2008
Uganda, South Africa
property rights
land rights
Source: ICRW, HSRC and AfD, "Women’s Property Rights, HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Districts in South Africa and Uganda," (HSRC Press, 2008).
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What Men Have to Do With It: Public Policies that Promote Gender Equality

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2010
India, Tanzania, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway
gender equity in access to land
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Publication.
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Why We Need to Make Customary Laws Work for Women

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2013
Rwanda, Kenya, Namibia, Afghanistan
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
customary law
customary tenure
customary land rights
continuum in land rights
land dispute
land dispute resolution
Poverty Matters Blog
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To Have and to Hold: Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2004
Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho
land inheritance rights
land policies
property rights
land rights
Full citation: Strickland, R., "To Have and to Hold: Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa," ICRW REPORT (International Center for Research on Women, June 2004).
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Towards Customary Legal Empowerment in Namibia: Enhancing gender equality in customary justice systems

Reports & Research
August, 2011
Namibia
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
land policies
gender equity in access to land
customary law
customary tenure
customary land rights
continuum in land rights
women
gender equity in access to land
marital property rights
women
property rights
land rights
Full citation: Ubink, J.M. (2011). “Towards Customary Legal Empowerment in Namibia: Enhancing gender equality in customary justice systems.” International Development Law Organisation. - In Namibia, national authorities have made various interventions aimed at enhancing the functioning of customary law and traditional leadership. These efforts include both the creation of institutional linkages as well as community-based activities. One issue has been the position of women under customary law, and especially the fact that widows often have no rights to their deceased husbands’ lands.
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Training Manual on Secure Land Tenure and Inheritance Rights in Lesotho

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2009
Lesotho
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
land policies
marital property rights
gender equity in access to land
women
This is a resource from the Resource Equity LandWise database of resources.
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The Perils of Widowhood

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2012
Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria
Land & Gender
customary law
customary tenure
customary land rights
continuum in land rights
women
gender equity in access to land
In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress.