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Item Accès à la terre : un terrain miné pour les femmes; l’exemple du Sénégal, atelier de Nairobi du 13 au 16 septembre 2010(2010) Mbengue Ndiaye, AminataItem Access to land and land based resources among women in pastoralist and forest-dwelling communities in EA : exploring multiple exclusions and their impacts on women’s citizenship(2010) Kameri-Mbote, PatriciaThe study aims to illustrate how women’s entitlements are mediated through sub-national/ethnic citizenship and the implications that this has on their national citizenship, where citizenship is critical for entitlements, participation and protection of women. The presentation provides information regarding women in pastoralist communities. National laws and policies increasingly recognise women’s rights and marginalised communities’ rights to land and land-based resources. More research is necessary to examine the implementation of new policy.Item Action research project : securing women’s access to land in the context of gender biased green revolution policies: Manhiça district, Mozambique; presented to IDRC Symposium, Nairobi, 14-16 Sept(Forum Mulher, 2010) Samo, GraçaThe presentation provides the context of land ownership in Mozambique in terms of state ownership and women’s access to the land for agricultural purposes. The project analyzes how women respond to and negotiate access and control of land in relation to Customary and Statutory Laws. Findings reveal that land use is shifting from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture (land grabbing) and urban development. State investment is in monoculture for exports. Subsistence agriculture is undermined, leading to food insecurity.Item Agrarian land reforms in Zimbabwe : are women beneficiaries or mere agents?(Institute of Environmental Studies (IES), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2011) Sunungurai, Chingarande; Prisca, Mugabe; Krasposy, Kujinga; Esteri, MagaisaThis paper specifically addresses the hypothesis that access to land and forest resources is gendered and poverty-related among land reform migrants in Zimbabwe. Post-independence land reform in Zimbabwe has tended to focus on addressing racial imbalances without due attention to other social issues such as gender imbalances. There is disparity in the access to resettlement land between men and women. The two–year project assesses linkages between migration, rural poverty and forest resource management in Chimanimani district in Zimbabwe. Recommendations include coordination of land registration structures so that policy is easily translated and implemented, with involvement of women as key.Item Beneficiaries or mere agents? women’s agrarian reform experiences in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe(University of Zimbabwe, 2010) Chingarande, Dominica S.; Mugabe, Prisca; Kujinga, Krasposy; Magaisa, EsteriThis brief presentation describes a project that aims to assess the linkages between Fast Track Land Reform (FTLRP), migration, rural poverty and forest resource management in Chimanimani district in Zimbabwe. Men are the sole beneficiaries of land endowments 69% of the time.Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 1, octubre 2009(FLACSO Ecuador, 2009)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 2, febrero 2010(FLACSO Ecuador, 2010)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 3, mayo 2010(FLACSO Ecuador, 2010)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 4, agosto 2010(FLACSO Ecuador, 2010)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 5, noviembre 2010(FLACSO Ecuador, 2010)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 6, enero 2011(FLACSO Ecuador, 2011)Item Boletín Fronteras, no. 7, marzo 2011(FLACSO Ecuador, 2011)Item Brief project paper : women’s access to land and their household bargaining power; a comparative action research project in patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Malawi(2011) Kathewera Banda, Maggie; Kamanga-Njikho, Veronica; Malera, Grace; Mauluka, Gift; Kamwano Mazinga, Martino; Ndhlovu, StephenLand is the primary resource in livelihoods and food security in rural Malawi where communal / customary tenure systems predominate. The research reveals that even in matrilineal society where women own land, it is the man who makes crucial decisions. Customary practices and statutory law should to take into account both women’s and men’s land requirements. In cases where statutory laws fail, customary laws ought to enable women to negotiate their land rights, such as asserting the rights of widows to secure land because of the lobola (bride wealth) paid. Interventions would encompass raising awareness of women regarding their rights while also tackling issues of masculinity.Item Building a good nation in Manenberg : a case study of the Manenberg Community Work Programme (CWP)(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Braamfontein, ZA, 2015-09) Mullagee, Fairuz; Bruce, DavidThe CWP functions like an oasis in a sea of crime, grime and violence. It is seen to create a stabilizing presence in promoting leadership structures and social capital, and as well, of providing ‘livelihood support’ to community members. The CWP successfully introduced ‘Safe Manenberg’ campaigns such as a safety patrol on school premises to ensure that learners get to and from school safely. However, much gang-related violence continues. An integrated approach to development would require further investment in the CWP in order to strengthen the process of building social cohesion and social justice.Item Case study of the Ivory Park Community Work Programme (CWP)(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Braamfontein, ZA, 2015-08) Masuku, ThembaIvory Park is a high-density residential area situated in the north-east of the City of Johannesburg, Region A. Most people live in a state of dire poverty. The area is geographically remote from stronger economic nodes in the city centre, and the settlement is plagued by myriad socio-economic challenges, including illiteracy, child-headed households and hopelessness. CWP participants design what work is to be done. A small stipend goes to those enrolled in the project. Through interviews with participants, it is learned that communication within and about the project, leadership issues, governance, and mistrust are the most problematic.Item Community Work Programme (CWP) in Grabouw(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Braamfontein, ZA, 2015-10) Puwana, ZukiswaThere is a lack of understanding in the community of Grabouw about what the CWP is. There are no formal networking structures to facilitate collective action for the benefit of the community. Some interviewees felt that management had too much power, that there was a lack of accountability and a vulnerability to favouritism and nepotism. Over the years, the municipality has not played an active role in the CWP. Even though CWP has promoted trust and working together among participants, what we have seen about institutions working with CWP is that they work in isolation. Facilitating collective action is therefore difficult.Item Complimenting the state the role of community land and property watchdog groups in protecting women land rights : case study Gatundu South county Kenya(GROOTS Kenya, 2010) Shivutse, VioletThe presentation reviews a grassroots women’s group whose actions resulted in the formation of a model now known as community land and property watchdog group (WDG). The women were mobilized by noticing an increasing trend in asset stripping, and disinheritance of widows and orphans, and the further spread of HIV (due to customary law). The WDG are led by affected women who are seeking solutions, and men who by default have to support disinherited women (sisters/mothers) and/or male children who were also stripped of property. The report suggests enhanced grassroots women-led research, including projects on the joint titling of land.Item Customary law and its implications for women's rights and access to land in Africa : the case of anglophone Cameroon(University of Buea, 2010) Fonjong, LotsmartThis presentation focuses on women’s rights to land in the context of the dual customary and statutory practices that regulate land tenure in Cameroon. Statutory laws should be written in simple and engendered language to avoid generalities that reinforce discrimination. Colonialism in Africa altered the status of men and women vis-à-vis land and tenure: rigid sexual division of labour presented the man as the breadwinner and women as the home manager. By extension, the introduction of a market economy gave men control of the land. Decentralized power structures are needed, with enough resources to issue land titles and joint land titles.Item Customary law and its implications for women’s access to land : women’s land rights gains eroded by cultural practices and negative attitude; the Rwanda case(Rwanda Women Network, Kigali, RW, 2010) Rwanda Women NetworkThe most common type of land dispute reported by women is related to inheritance (34%) and Umunani (22%). Umunani is a share of land given to a child when he or she comes of age. Awareness raising about women’s land rights needs to go beyond the provisions of the law to help women understand the intent of the provisions and their justification. The presentation provides a brief review of the study findings.Item Customary law still bars women’s access to land(Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), 2010)This article brings the problems of land administration, women’s rights and access to land, and hereditary law into focus. When her husband died, Namukasa did not struggle with his relatives for a share of his estate; she moved back to her own family home in central Uganda with her children. But when her father died, his sisters/her aunts decided that only her younger brother was entitled to a share in the land, and asked her to leave. Uganda's constitution grants women equality and legal protection against discriminatory traditional practice, but there have been no reforms to the law and the constitutional provision has had little impact.