Full citation: Manji, A., “Eliminating Poverty? “Financial Inclusion”, Access to Land, and Gender Equality in International Development,” 73(6) THE MODERN LAW REVIEW (2010).
Record Country: Uganda
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).
Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary
Full citation: Whitehead, A. and Tsikata, D., “Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary ,” 3(1-2) JOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE (2003).
Cultivating Women’s Rights for Access to Land
Full citation: Hatcher, J., Meggiolaro, L. and Ferrer, C.S., “Cultivating Women’s Rights for Access to Land,” ACTIONAID AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY NETWORK COUNTRY ANALYSIS REPORT (October 2005).
Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Full citation: Doss, C., Meinzen-Dick, R., and Bomuhangi, A. (2014). “Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions.” Feminist Economics, 20(1), 76-100. – This article is based on a 2008–09 study of land tenure in Uganda. It analyzes how different definitions of land ownership – including household reports, existence of ownership documents, and rights over the land – provide very different indications of the gendered patterns of land ownership and rights. While many households report husbands and wives as joint owners of the land, women are less likely to be listed on ownership documents, […]
Gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda
Full citation: Katungi, E., Edmeades, S., and Smale, M. (2008). Gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda. J. Int. Dev., 20: 35–52. – Established social structures, such as grassroots associations, have contributed to efforts at agricultural development in rural areas. By disaggregating the analysis by the gender of the household head, the study provides a detailed assessment of how differences among male and female heads of households influence information diffusion in rural areas. Results support the premise that social capital significantly influences information exchange among rural households, with evidence of gender disparities in the process. Female heads of households […]