The question of women's land rights has a relatively young history in India. This paper briefly
traces that history before examining why gendering the land question remains critical, and …

This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity,
uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods …

We present an approach to identify and map social–ecological systems based on the direct
use of ecosystem services by households. This approach builds on the premise that …

This article analyzes debates over tenure reform policy in post‐apartheid South Africa, with a
particular focus on the controversial Communal Land Rights Act of 2004. Land tenure …

This edition of SEEDS explores the critical elements in securing effective and independent
land rights for women in South Asia. The author presents a range of cooperative strategies …

In 1998, over seven years after a Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters was appointed by
the then president of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, in January 1991, it is expected that a …

African women's history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50
countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations …

This article examines the economic processes and socio‐political institutions that shape
women's involvement in community projects. Feminist materialism and postcolonial theory …

This Country Gender Profile of South Africa was commissioned by the Swedish International
Development Co-operation Agency (Sida), Pretoria. It is one of a range of initiatives on the …

Land reform has recently become a topic of interest to the media. Given historical
experience and current changes, are land reform policies still worthwhile objects of struggle …