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Liberalisation, Gender, and the Land Question in Sub-Saharan Africa
This article focuses on land reform initiatives undertaken in sub-Saharan African countries since the late 1980s. Section 1 sheds light on the changes in land tenure during the economic liberalization of the region. Section 2 briefly examines the gender-blind "mainstream" theoretical debates on...
Marriage system, access to land, and social protection for women: the case of Senegal
This paper present the findings of a field survey, which revealed that women never thought of invoking Islamic laws to advance their interests lest they should antagonise their male relatives and be compelled to forsake key social protections that they have traditionally enjoyed.
Niger Country Brief: property rights and Land markets

This country brief attempts to determine to what extent USAID’s programmes to improve land markets and property rights have contributed to secure tenure and lower transaction costs in developing countries thereby helping to achieve economic growth and sustainable development.

Niger: How dry wastelands and science are changing women’s lives in the Sahel
For most women in the Sahel, if the husband passes away his closest family or his male children inherit his possessions. If a woman starts a vegetable garden and it proves successful, the husband can expel his wife from the garden and take it over. Women are also denied the right to own croplands.
Niger: Rural Code.

This is an educational kit comprising 8 thematic papers, that is complementary to a film about the Lessons Learned from Niger’s Rural Code. The papers are meant to encourage viewers to look further into some of the topics that the film deals with, and provide practical data (facts and figures,...

Nigeria: Inheritance Rights and women (iii)
Nigeria: Strategic forum focuses on women and housing rights initiatives

Women’s rights NGO and other stakeholders have formulated an action plan that aims to promote women’s access to land and housing as well as other property and inheritance rights.

Nigeria: Women want review of Land use Act
This article refers to women from the Agricultural and Allied employees Union of Nigeria (AAUEN) demanding from the state government to review its land use Act and other laws to encourage mass production of food.
Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: The Production of a Total

This is a report detailing the numbers of women in Africa who have been circumcised or have undergone FGC.

Processus 2006 d’élaboration et de mise en oeuvre du Code Rural au Niger : Bilan et perspectives