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   Are we not Peasants too? Land Rights and Women's Claims in India

   Rapports et recherches

   janvier, 2002

   Inde, Asie central, Asie méridionale

   Terre et genre

   terre

   droit foncier

   femme

   Do women have effective land rights in practice? Research and policy have only recently begun to engage with the need for women to have independent rights to fields of their own. What needs to be done? Four areas for action are identified with associated strategies: improve women's claims on private land (e. g. through gender equal inheritance laws); improve women's access to public land (e.g. through land reform schemes); improve women's access to land via the market (e.g. through subsidised credit); and improve the viability of women's farming efforts (e.g.

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   Gender and Citizenship: Learning from South Africa?

   Rapports et recherches

   avril, 2001

   Afrique du Sud, Afrique australe, Afrique orientale

   Terre et genre

   droit foncier

   In what ways does political transformation mean a change in meanings and practice of citizenship - in the relationships between individuals and the state? This paper discusses the experiences of women, particularly black women, of citizenship in South Africa, where the new administration promised a new politics based on civil society and universal citizenship.

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   Gender, households, and markets: inherited land and labour force participation of rural household in the Cordillera Region, Philippines

   Rapports et recherches

   janvier, 2000

   Asia du sud-est, Philippines

   Terre et genre

   développement rural

   terre

   droit foncier

   ménage

   Why does viewing a household as a single unit have serious downfalls for gender analysis' The unitary view overlooks the crucial fact that gender relations between family members play a large role in intra-household decisions about decision-making, time allocation, and expenditure. A collective model on the other hand allows household analysis to consider gender relations, with attention to women's and men's respective access to, control over, or ownership of resources.

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   What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa

   Rapports et recherches

   janvier, 1998

   Rwanda, Libéria, Tchad, Afrique occidentale, Amérique centrale, Afrique orientale, Afrique centrale, Afrique australe, Caraïbes

   Terre et genre

   droit foncier

   femme

   What is the legacy of armed conflict on the roles and experiences of women in Africa? This collection of reports, testimonies and analyses portrays the diverse experiences of women all over Africa who have lived through civil wars, apartheid, genocide and gendered political violence such as rape. Contributions include discussions of violence against women in Rwanda, Chad and Liberia; the involvement of and impact on women of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission; and the increase in violence against women caused by the proliferation of SALW.