Women and land in Africa : culture, religion and realizing women's rights

著者

• Wanyeki, Lynne Muthoni

書誌事項

Women and land in Africa : culture, religion and realizing women's rights

edited by L. Muthoni Wanyeki

Zed Books , David Philip Publishers , Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, c2003

• : pbk
• : South Africa

注記

First published in South Africa: Claremont, South Africa : David Philip Publishers

Includes bibliographies and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: South Africa ISBN 9780864866257

内容説明

This title brings together ongoing research into rural African women and land rights, with the aim of contributing towards gender equity and the economic independence and human rights of African women. It looks at a number of countries: from West and East Africa and the Horn; Islamic and non-Islamic. The contributors examine women's land rights in theory and practice in each country, highlight the key issues and make recommendations. Important commonalities emerge, including the dualism between customary and religious land law, and statute law; the gap between women's rights in theory and practice, and the superior rights, power and control of men over land, decision-making, and household income. The situation is not static, and the contributors argue that what is needed are new customary and religious interpretations which recognise that today's communities are both urban and rural, multi-ethnic and pluralistic, and that women's equal status and full enjoyment of rights are things to be welcomed and enshrined in customary, religious and statutory law.

目次

• Women's land rights in rural Africa: Law and Practice
• women and land in cameroon - questioning women's land status and claims for change - Elise-Henrietta Bikie and Patrice Bigombe Logo
• women's land rights in Ethiopia - Zenabaworke Tadesse
• women's land rights in Mozambique
• women and land in Northern Nigeria - women need independent ownership rights - Hussaina J. Abdullah and Ibrahim Hamza
• culture, practice and land - women's access to land in Rwanda - Jennie E. Burnet and the Rwanda initiative for sustainable development
• women and land - a case study from Senegal - Mouhamadou Sy and Ngone Diop Tine
• gender, land and rights - contemporary contestations in law, policy and practice in Uganda - Winnie Bikaako and John Ssenkumba. Key land rights issues and recommendations. Key land rights issues and recommendations: Cameroon
• Ethiopia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Uganda. The advocacy process: The example of Ethiopia
• women's access to and control over land in Ethiopia - the first workshop
• enhancing Ethiopian women's access to and control over land - the second workshop.

巻冊次

ISBN 9781842770962

内容説明

This volume is the product of original research into the changing situations which rural African women are experiencing in relation to land rights. The contributors highlight key land rights issues and make recommendations for each country. In a particularly interesting innovation, the volume examines the case of Ethiopia where an explicit attempt has been made not only to make the research findings available beyond the academic community, but to deploy this information in a rolling programme of advocacy. The authors argue that various social forces are now weakening customary and religious institutions; and innovative approaches to advocacy are seeking to assert women's human rights in this changing context.

目次

Introduction - L. Muthoni Wanyeki Part I: Women's Land Rights In Rural Africa: Law and Practice 1. Women and Land in Cameroon: Questioning Women's Land Status and Claims for Change - Patrice Bigombe Logo and Elise-Henrietta Bikie 2. Women's Land Rights in the Third World : The Case of Ethiopia - Zenabaworke Tadesse 3. Women's Land Rights in Mozambique: Cultural, Legal and Social Contexts - Liazzat Bonate 4. Women and Land in Northern Nigeria: The Need for Independent Ownership Rights - Hussaina J. Abdullah and Ibrahim Hamza 5. Culture, Practice and Law: Women's Access to Land in Rwanda - Jennie E. Burnet and the Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development 6. Women and Land in Africa: A Case Study from Senegal - Ngone Diop Tine and Mouhamadou Sy 7. Gender, Land and Rights: Contemporary Contestations in Law, Policy and Practice in Uganda - Winnie Bikaako and John Ssenkumba Part II: Key Land Rights Issues and Reccomendations 8. Cameroon: Overcoming Custom, Discrimination and Powerlessness 9. Ethiopia: Women's Status and Land Reform 10. Nigeria: The Road to Independent Ownership 11. Senegal: Land Rights, Culture and Religion 12. Uganda: The Search for Secure Land Tenure Appendix: Women's Rights under International Law and Policy Part III: The Advocacy Process: The Example of Ethiopia 13. Women's Access to and Control over Land in Ethiopia: The First Workshop - Rachel Kagoiya, Atsango Chesoni and L. Muthoni Wanyeki 14. Enhancing Ethiopian Women's Access to and Control over Land: The Second Workshop - Atsango Chesoni and Grace Githaiga

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781842770979

内容説明

This volume is the product of original research into the changing situations which rural African women are experiencing in relation to land rights. The contributors highlight key land rights issues and make recommendations for each country. In a particularly interesting innovation, the volume examines the case of Ethiopia where an explicit attempt has been made not only to make the research findings available beyond the academic community, but to deploy this information in a rolling programme of advocacy. The authors argue that various social forces are now weakening customary and religious institutions; and innovative approaches to advocacy are seeking to assert women's human rights in this changing context.

目次

Introduction - L. Muthoni Wanyeki Part I: Women's Land Rights In Rural Africa: Law and Practice 1. Women and Land in Cameroon: Questioning Women's Land Status and Claims for Change - Patrice Bigombe Logo and Elise-Henrietta Bikie 2. Women's Land Rights in the Third World : The Case of Ethiopia - Zenabaworke Tadesse 3. Women's Land Rights in Mozambique: Cultural, Legal and Social Contexts - Liazzat Bonate 4. Women and Land in Northern Nigeria: The Need for Independent Ownership Rights - Hussaina J. Abdullah and Ibrahim Hamza 5. Culture, Practice and Law: Women's Access to Land in Rwanda - Jennie E. Burnet and the Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development 6. Women and Land in Africa: A Case Study from Senegal - Ngone Diop Tine and Mouhamadou Sy 7. Gender, Land and Rights: Contemporary Contestations in Law, Policy and Practice in Uganda - Winnie Bikaako and John Ssenkumba Part II: Key Land Rights Issues and Reccomendations 8. Cameroon: Overcoming Custom, Discrimination and Powerlessness 9. Ethiopia: Women's Status and Land Reform 10. Nigeria: The Road to Independent Ownership 11. Senegal: Land Rights, Culture and Religion 12. Uganda: The Search for Secure Land Tenure Appendix: Women's Rights under International Law and Policy Part III: The Advocacy Process: The Example of Ethiopia 13. Women's Access to and Control over Land in Ethiopia: The First Workshop - Rachel Kagoiya, Atsango Chesoni and L. Muthoni Wanyeki 14. Enhancing Ethiopian Women's Access to and Control over Land: The Second Workshop - Atsango Chesoni and Grace Githaiga

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA64344761
• ISBN:
  • 1842770969
  • 1842770977
  • 0864866259
• LCCN: 2002031129
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; New York,Cape Town,New York, NY
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 384 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HD6077.2.A35
  • DC21 : 333.76/082/0967
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Women in agriculture -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Land tenure -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Right of property -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Women and land use planning -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Land use, Rural -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Women's rights -- Africa -- Case studies