Money of Qaroon and the patience of Ayoub : women and land in Egypt’s Mubarak resettlement scheme
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2013
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University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CA
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Women landholders in the Mubarak Resettlement Scheme experienced resistance from both government officials and family members in benefitting from opportunities provided to them through land access. Also, long-term sustainability of women’s access to land is seriously challenged by women landholders’ traditional requirement to bequest property mostly to their sons. The study also highlights the importance of relying on site-specific and locally relevant knowledge for farming marginal lands. Provision of land to women has the potential to be empowering, provided that policymakers also consider gender relations, land subjectivities, micro-credit, marketing, scientific research in desert conditions, adherence to promised policies, and entrenched patriarchy.
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MUBARAK RESETTLEMENT SCHEME, EGYPT, NEOLIBERALISM, STATE PLANNING, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, DESERT FARMING, RURAL ECONOMICS, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPMENT, WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, GENDER RELATIONS, STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES, RESISTANCE, REVOLUTION