Fonjong, LotsmartSama-Lang, Irene FokumFombe, Lawrence2012-07-232012-07-2320122012Fonjong, 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:10.1080/17496535.2012.7046371749-65431749-6535http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49838In 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.Text1 digital file (16 p. : ill.)application/pdfenWOMEN'S RIGHTSLAND TENURECUSTOMARY PRACTICESDISCRIMINATIONDEVELOPMENTGENDER ANALYSISGENDER EQUALITYLAND MANAGEMENTLAND REFORMPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTCUSTOMARY LAWGENDER DISCRIMINATIONLAND OWNERSHIPCAMEROONJournal Article (peer-reviewed)