Implications of Customary Practices on Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership in Cameroon

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2012

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In most traditional economies, customary laws uphold the principle of patriarchy in which girls and women are discriminated against from birth and socialized to live a life of male subordination. Land distribution and tenure in sub-Sahara Africa is still governed and managed by local customary tenure systems of rights. The influence and impact of traditional practices on current land tenure systems have global implications on women’s land rights, impeding food security and sustainable development. Gender equality in land, matters; land rights provide women with security against violence and dispossession, reproductive rights and choices, and meeting theirs and their children’s basic needs.

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WOMEN'S RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, CUSTOMARY PRACTICES, DISCRIMINATION, DEVELOPMENT, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER EQUALITY, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND REFORM, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CUSTOMARY LAW, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, LAND OWNERSHIP, CAMEROON

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Fonjong, L., Sama-Lang, I. F., & Fombe, L. F. (2012). Implications of Customary Practices on Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership in Cameroon. Ethics and Social Welfare. doi:10.1080/17496535.2012.704637

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