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

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dc.contributor.authorFonjong, Lotsmart
dc.contributor.authorSama-Lang, Irene Fokum
dc.contributor.authorFombe, Lawrence
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-23T13:33:30Z
dc.date.available2012-07-23T13:33:30Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (16 p. : ill.)en
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dc.identifier.citationFonjong, 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:10.1080/17496535.2012.704637en
dc.identifier.issn1749-6543
dc.identifier.issn1749-6535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/49838
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.journalEthics and Social Welfare
dc.subjectWOMEN'S RIGHTSen
dc.subjectLAND TENUREen
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY PRACTICESen
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATIONen
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectGENDER ANALYSISen
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITYen
dc.subjectLAND MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectLAND REFORMen
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONen
dc.subjectECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAWen
dc.subjectGENDER DISCRIMINATIONen
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIPen
dc.subjectCAMEROONen
dc.titleImplications of Customary Practices on Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership in Cameroonen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderTaylor & Francis
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number105467
idrc.project.titleLand Tenure Practices and Women's Right to Land : Implications for Access to Natural Resources (Anglophone Cameroon)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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