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  1. 1. Widows, land rights and women’s empowerment: “Who will own the kitchen”? - findings from the Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Elin Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Widows; Tanzania; Land rights; Women’s empowerment; Local government; Participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women around the world are constantly being denied their land rights due to discriminatory practices. Widowed women are particularly at risk. This prevents advancing women’s empowerment and women’s equal opportunities for participation and leadership at all levels of decision making processes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can Land Policy Be Gender-Neutral? Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's 1992 Land Titling Reform on Female Empowerment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Valentina Farinelli; [2020]
    Keywords : Land titling; Gender; Land rights; Bargaining power; Ejido;

    Abstract : Many recent land titling reforms have failed to include a gender perspective. In a context of deep-rooted gender disparities, this omission can give rise to gendered effects on land rights. READ MORE

  4. 3. WOMAASHI (We press on): Communications and Activism in the Ada Songor Salt Women’s Association, Ghana

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Eibhlín Ní Chléirigh; [2019]
    Keywords : Activism; Women; Ghana; Land Rights; Solidarity; Social Movements;

    Abstract : The purpose of the project is to create a model for improved and expanded participation in an activist network, The Ada Songor Salt Women's Association (ASSWA) by enhancing communications. ASSWA is an organization of Brave Women (Yihi katseme) salt winners from the Songor lagoon area in south eastern Ghana. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effects of the addax bioenergy investment on female farmers´rights to land and their livelihoods in BombaliI District, Sierra Leone

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Benjamin Sesay; [2015]
    Keywords : Large-scale Land Acquisition; Rights to Land; Customary Laws; Sierra Leone; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Attempts to promote women’s rights to land in Sub-Saharan Africa have attracted attention in both academia and from an international development perspective. Female Farmers (FFs) in Bombali district in northern Sierra Leone gain access to farmland through male heritages under customary practices. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Matrilineal Puzzle : Women's Land Rights in Mozambique- Case study: Niassa Province

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Karin Lidström; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Mozambique; women’s rights; land rights; gender and development; matrilineal community;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to shed light on issues related to women’s rights to access and benefit from land in matrilineal communities in rural, northern Mozambique. It portrays the environment in which organisations working with implementation of land rights operate as well as proposes conclusions on the core obstacles to their work. READ MORE