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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    August, 2012
    Rwanda

    This brief discusses a pilot intervention in Rwanda led by the Belgian
    NGO, RCN Justice & Démocratie, with support from the International
    Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Belgian Government. A
    more detailed and complete discussion of the pilot is given in Lankhorst
    and Veldman (2011a). The pilot aimed to transform the customary
    resolution of disputes involving women’s land claims concerning
    inheritance or marital relations. The intervention examined whether
    and to what extent it was possible to increase the scope for acceptance

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Rwanda

    Since 2004, Rwanda has embarked on an ambitious land tenure reform programme (LTR) aimed
    at increasing security of tenure to all land owners and the elimination of all forms of
    discrimination. This has largely been achieved through the establishment and implementation of
    a new legal, regulatory and institutional framework.
    This paper discusses the ongoing land tenure reform programme and its impact on women’s land
    rights. It focuses on the role of women in the decision making in the course of developing the

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2013
    Rwanda

    As Parliamentary gender quotas have become increasingly popular, so too
    has the debate surrounding their effectiveness in enhancing women’s
    representation and gender equality in governments around the world. Women offer
    unique and important perspectives to the political process, and thus their increased
    political representation and empowerment can advance the very process of
    development. In 2003, the Rwandan government Constitutionally enacted a gender

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2012
    Rwanda

    This country profile has been compiled as part of a series of country factsheets particularly prepared for Dutch embassies that are developing a strategic analysis on food security and water. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance for each of the 15 selected countries. They have been updated in July 2012.

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