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Land for the Landless
This article explains the Sindh government’s land redistribution programme which will distribute approx two to eight acres of barrage land among approx 14,000 persons, most women in its first phase.
Land inheritance and schooling in matrilineal societies: evidence from Sumatra
This paper explores statistically the implications of the shift from communal to individualized tenure on the distribution of land and schooling between sons and daughters in matrilineal societies, based on a Sumatra case study. The inheritance system is evolving from a strictly matrilineal system...
Land Ownership and Pukhtun Women in Tribal Area (FATA) and NWFP

This paper attempts to find an association between the absence of federal and provincial laws in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan and denial of land ownership rights to women.  It discusses various forms of collective and individual land ownership keeping in view...

Land pressure and new standards of access to land: towards a feminisation of agriculture in southern Niger?
This paper considers the position of women in the social dynamics regulating access to farmland by different members of Hausa households. How does Hausa society manage land ownership within households when changing dynamics and constant challenges from a range of factors require new mechanisms for...
Land Reform in Senegal: L’Histoire se Repete? Legalising Land Rights: Local Practices, State Responses and Tenure Security in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Land reforms and women's access to land in the Sahel: what strategies for the networks?

In rural areas of the Sahel, women’s access to land is becoming more precarious under the influence of several factors, demographic, climatic, socio-cultural and economic. Ce constat a amené certains auteurs à évoquer une « déféminasation » de l'agriculture dans certaines localités (Diarra-Doka...

Land Rights for Muslim Women: review of law and Policy, Sustainable development
This research report argues that women’s land ownership and control has important connections with their empowerment and there has been negligible research on how many women own land in Pakistan. This study aims to fill this gap and examine the connection between land ownership and empowerment. The...
Land rights in Africa: protecting the interests of vulnerable groups. Natural resources highlights

Land policies in Africa have often overlooked the interests of certain social groups. In some areas, traditional access and ownership rights for women, migrants and pastoralists have been ignored or reduced. The rise of HIV/AIDS in the region has created new social groups who are vulnerable to...

Land tenure and administration in Africa: lessons of experience and emerging issues
As stated in the Introduction, “this study reviews the main features of the new wave of land policy and legislation in sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies emerging issues concerning land tenure in the continent. The study draws lessons from recent experience in the following key areas: tenure...
Land Tenure and Family Farming in Africa: With Special reference to Senegal, Dakar
After analysing the challenges to agriculture in Africa, this paper shows how agricultural production is defined by farmers and by the public services, describes its main characteristics, and observes and discusses their ramifications for this sector. The significance of land tenure for farmers is...