Decentralisation of Land Administration and Women's Rights in Tanzania: Some Experiences from Mlali Village
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2011
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This study analyzes decentralized land administration in Tanzania. Women are left out of access, ownership and inheritance of land, including participation in land administration bodies. Owning land and controlling money is the traditional role of men. Women have access only to the most marginal land, too far from villages for men to claim it. Reforms of the Land Act (1999) and the Village Land Act (1999) were expected to improve livelihoods of both men and women in regard to access and ownership of land. Findings show that awareness creation, orientation, and training on the implementation of the land laws is yet to commence, a decade after their enactment.
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DECENTRALIZATION, WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, LAND OWNERSHIP, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, TANZANIA, LAND ADMINISTRATION, OWNERSHIP, CUSTOMARY LAW, SOUTH OF SAHARA