New attitudes key to progress in Malawi, Cameroon
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2011
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Abstract
Women in many African countries have a legal right to
own land, but this often means little in areas where
“customary law” prevails. As a result, researchers in two
countries have come to believe that women’s security
of tenure depends as much on addressing social
assumptions as on enacting legal reforms.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library
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LAND TENURE, WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, WOMEN'S ROLE, CUSTOMARY LAW, LIVELIHOOD SECURITY, WOMEN'S STATUS, EQUITY, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, ACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATION, LEGAL STATUS