Full citation: Abbott, Pamela & Rwica. (2014). END-OF-LINE EVALUATION: BEYOND RAISING AWARENESS SHIFTING THE POWER BALANCE TO ENABLE WOMEN TO ACCESS LAND IN RWANDA. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3421.8964.
Record Country: Rwanda
Personal Reflections on Drafting Laws to Improve Women’s access to Land: Is there a magic wand?
Full citation: McAuslan, P., “Personal Reflections on Drafting Laws to Improve Women’s Access to Land: Is There a Magic Wand?” 4(1) JOURNAL OF EASTERN AFRICAN STUDIES (2010).
Securing Land Rights for Women
Full citation: Daley, E. and Englert, B., “Securing Land Rights for Women” 4(1) JOURNAL OF EASTERN AFRICAN STUDIES (2010).
Women’s Land Access in Post-Conflict Rwanda: Bridging the Gap between Customary Land Law and Pending Land Legislation
Full citation: Rose, L., “Women’s Land Access in Post-Conflict Rwanda: Bridging the Gap Between Customary Land Law and Pending Land Legislation ” 13(197) TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW 197 (2004).
Rwanda: The conditions under which a woman can obtain a divorce
Full title: Rwanda: The conditions under which a woman can obtain a divorce; whether she can keep her children, receive alimony from her former husband or receive a share of the property; how the civil courts function, and the treatment of divorced mothers with no family
Rwanda: Women – Driving Transformation in Rwandan Communities
Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: pilot evidence from Rwanda
Full citation: Ali, D.A., Deininger, K., and Goldstein, M. (2014). “Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: pilot evidence from Rwanda.” Journal of Development Economics, vol. 110, 2014, 262-275. – This paper evaluates the short-term impact (approximately 2.5 years after completion) of Rwanda’s land tenure regularization pilots. The findings included, land tenure regularization improved land access for legally married women and prompted better recordation of inheritance rights without gender bias; and for female-headed households, specifically, regularization had a very large impact on investment and maintenance of soil conservation measures. [Threats to Women’s Land Tenure Security and Effectiveness of […]