Women and land in Africa : culture, religion and realizing women's rights / edited by L. Muthoni Wanyeki.
2003
HD6077.2.A35 W66 2003 (Map It)
Available at Cellar
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Title
Women and land in Africa : culture, religion and realizing women's rights / edited by L. Muthoni Wanyeki.
Published
London ; New York : Zed Books, [2003]
Distributed
New York, NY : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave
Copyright
©2003
Call Number
HD6077.2.A35 W66 2003
Former Call Number
Af 332 W84 2003
ISBN
1842770969 (cased)
1842770977 (limp)
1842770977 (limp)
Description
xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)50285401
Note
First published in South Africa: Claremont, South Africa : David Philip Publishers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
Introduction / L. Muthoni Wanyeki
1
Pt. I
Women's Land Rights in Rural Africa: Law and Practice
29
1
Women and Land in Cameroon: Questioning Women's Land Status and Claims for Change / Patrice Bigombe Logo Elise-Henriette Bikie
31
2
Women and Land Rights in the Third World: The Case of Ethiopia / Zenabaworke Tadesse
67
3
Women's Land Rights in Mozambique: Cultural, Legal and Social Contexts / Liazzat Bonate
96
4
Women and Land in Northern Nigeria: The Need for Independent Ownership Rights / Hussaina J. Abdullah Ibrahim Hamza
133
5
Culture, Practice and Law: Women's Access to Land in Rwanda / Jennie E. Burnet The Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development
176
6
Women and Land in Africa: A Case Study from Senegal / Ngone Diop Tine Mohamadou Sy
207
7
Gender, Land and Rights: Contemporary Contestations in Law, Policy and Practice in Uganda / Winnie Bikaako John Ssenkumba
232
Pt. II
Key Land Rights Issues and Recommendations
279
8
Cameroon: Overcoming Custom, Discrimination and Powerlessness
281
9
Ethiopia: Women's Status and Land Reform
288
10
Nigeria: The Road to Independent Ownership
295
11
Senegal: Land Rights, Culture and Religion
299
12
Uganda: The Search for Secure Land Tenure
306
App
Women's Rights under International Law and Policy
312
Pt. III
The Advocacy Process: The Example of Ethiopia
317
13
Women's Access to and Control over Land in Ethiopia: The First Workshop / Rachel Kagoiya Atsango Chesoni L. Muthoni Wanyeki
319
14
Enhancing Ethiopian Women's Access to and Control over Land: The Second Workshop / Atango Chesoni Grace Githaiga
340
Index
375