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La fabrique de la coutume au Maroc : le droit des femmes aux terres collectives

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Morocco
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
customary law
communal territory
customary land rights
women
Cet article situe les débats actuels autour de l’accès genré aux terres collectives au Maroc par rapport à une discussion plus large sur l’héritage colonial et la fabrique du droit coutumier. La construction coloniale de la ‘collectivité ethnique’ et l’institutionnalisation du ‘droit coutumier’ ont préservé la coutume comme catégorie juridique mais elles ont rigidifié son application en l’inscrivant dans le cadre plus général du droit positif.
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La mujer en la agricultura cubana: recuperación de una experiencia

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuba
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
women
La autora desarrolla un análisis sobre la participación de la mujer cubana en proyectos de desarrollo rural, tomando como referencia diferentes épocas históricas del desarrollo cubano a partir del año 1959, momento del triunfo de la revolución de Fidel Castro. Expone a través de una experiencia en la zona de Holguín desde el 2003, los avances de las mujeres de esta zona dada su participación en un proyecto de desarrollo local con enfoque de género.
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Manejo forestal comunitario, gobernanza y género en Hidalgo, México

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico
Forest Tenure
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
community forestry
Las mujeres son importantes usuarias de recursos forestales. Sin embargo, su participación en la gobernanza forestal es limitada, y las razones de esta situación han sido poco estudiadas en México. Este artículo sostiene que la discriminación de género en la tenencia de la tierra, la división genérica del trabajo, la inequitativa distribución de beneficios y la visión estrictamente comercial de planes de manejo contribuyen a la exclusión femenina del manejo forestal comunitario (mfc).
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Gender gaps in Central Asia: A reassessment

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2021
Central Asia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
development
agriculture
property
government
women
The article reviews the latest available statistical information on gender inequalities in labor markets and in access to financial institutions, social services, and education.
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Quels sont les facteurs de résistance à l’égalité des genres?

Le cas de l’accès des femmes à la terre dans la région du Fuuta

Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2020
Senegal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land governance

RÉSUMÉ
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How Many and Which Women Own Land in India? Inter-gender and Intra-gender Gaps

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2021
India
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
agricultural and rural legislation
land inheritance rights
right of access
land ownership
Measuring gender inequality in land ownership is essential for assessing progress in women’s economic empowerment, tracing the impact of progressive laws on actual practice, and monitoring SDG 5 on gender equality. To effectively assess inter-gender (male-female) gaps in land ownership, however, requires multiple measures. We also need to know which women are more likely to own land by tracing intra-gender differences. To date, no study on India has provided a full range of measures on inter-gender inequality in land ownership or focused on intra-gender variations.
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La femme dans les exploitations agricoles de palmier à huile dans le sud-est ivoirien

Mécanismes et enjeux d’intégration socio- économique et politique dans un contexte de dynamisme des droits fonciers ruraux

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Côte d'Ivoire
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land management
agricultural land management
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Realising women’s human rights in Malaysia

the EMPOWER report

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2015
Malaysia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land law
land policies
women
Why do activist groups representing some of society’s most marginalized employ legalistic forms of ‘rights talk’ when the reality of securing rights via the judicial system is almost unimaginable? The article considers this question in relation to the work of the Malaysian non-governmental organisation (NGO) EMPOWER who, in 2011, produced the Malaysian Women’s Human Rights Report focusing attention on the rights of informal sector workers, refugees, sexual minorities and women’s rights under non-Islamic family law.
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The dark underbelly of land struggles: the instrumentalization of female activism and emotional resistance in Cambodia

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2018
Cambodia
Land Conflicts
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land use
land rights
dispossession
land rights activists
women
Facing land grabs and eviction in the name of development, women worldwide increasingly join land rights struggles despite often deeply engrained images of female domesticity and conventional gender norms. Yet, the literature on female agency in the context of land struggles has remained largely underexplored. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, my findings suggest that land rights activism in Cambodia has undergone a gendered re-framing process.
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Gender, the Status of Women, and Family Structure in Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017
Malaysia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
agriculture
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage
This paper addresses the question of whether the relatively high status of women in pre-colonial South-east Asia is still evident among Malay women in twentieth century Peninsular Malaysia. Compared to patterns in East and South Asia, Malay family structure does not follow the typical patriarchal patterns of patrilineal descent, patrilocal residence of newly married couples, and preference for male children.