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“Islamic land law in Afghanistan: innovative land tools & strategies”
“Joint marital property in Indonesian customary, Islamic, and national law"
“Land rights in crisis: restoring tenure security in Afghanistan”
This study concludes that long years of misdirected policy have entrenched deeply inequitable and often unjust land ownership relations among tribes, between agricultural and pastoral systems and among feudally arranged classes of society. Attempts to remedy these have been poorly executed.
“Marital property in California and Indonesia: Community property and harta bersama”
One of the more notable features of Indonesian Islamic law is its recognition of the concept of jointly owned marital property which bears a striking similarity to the community property system in California. In both systems the marital estate consists of property acquired during the marriage...
“Pakistan – fighting for land rights for the poor”
The article covers Sindh’s government’s land redistribution programme and how it is helping women access land.
“PDI kicks out – women land rights campaign”
This article highlights the work Participatory Development Initiatives [PDI] to raise awareness about the second phase of the land redistribution programme of the Government of Sindh.
“PDI launches campaign facilitating poor women to receive government land”

This article highlights the work Participatory Development Initiatives [PDI] to raise awareness about the second phase of the land redistribution programme of the Government of Sindh. PDI who has already been engaged in the awareness and advocacy in the first phase of land distribution, has...

“Revitalising the land distribution programme”
The article raises questions about the transparency of the Sindh government’s land redistribution programme and refers to a research study conducted by a non-government organisation, Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI) which point to a number of flaws.
“Rural women’s land rights in Java, Indonesia: Strengthened by Family Law, but weakened by land registration”
In Java, Indonesia, only about one-third of land title certificates reflect ownership by women. This lack of registered land ownership can potentially harm women by depriving them of influence within the household and leaving them vulnerable in cases of divorce or a spouse’s death. This Article...
“Sindh: Government Land Distribution”
This is a report of the study on the issues and challenges of the land development programme prepared by the Participatory Development Initiative (PDI), in coordination with Oxfam-GB.