LIST OF DOCUMENTS SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO GENDER AND LAND ON THE OXFAM GB ‘LAND RIGHTS IN AFRICA’ WEBSITE
Robin Palmer
Oxfam GB Global Land Adviser
revised January 2006
I’ve consciously tried to build up a collection on gender and land on this
website, and, having had some success, it seemed worthwhile compiling (and
subsequently updating) this list, which comprises pieces with ‘gender’ or
‘women’ in the title – obviously many others tackle gender issues too. In the
interests of brevity, I’ve not included the summaries of the documents - these
appear on the website.

1) AFRICA – GENERAL
A Guide to the World Bank’s Gender Issues and Best Practices in Land
Administration Projects: A Synthesis Report
Source: Oxfam GB (Robin Palmer, Global Land Adviser), August 2005

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Appendices to the above: Gender best practices land administration sample
questionnaires

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To Have and to Hold: Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: ICRW – International Center for Research on Women (Richard S.
Strickland), June 2004

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Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa: A short report on the
FAO/Oxfam GB Workshop held in Pretoria, South Africa, 17-19 June 2003
Source: Birgit Englert (University of Vienna) and Robin Palmer (Oxfam GB),
June/December 2003

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Report of the FAO/Oxfam GB Workshop on Women’s Land Rights in Southern and
Eastern Africa
Source: Kaori Izumi (FAO) and Robin Palmer (Oxfam GB), June/October 2003

Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications
of the Re-turn to the Customary
Source: Ann Whitehead and Dzodzi Tsikata (Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 3,
nos.1 and 2, January and April, 2003, 67-112)

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The World Bank’s Policy Research Report ‘Land Policy for Pro-Poor Development’:
A Gender Analysis
Source: Ambreena Manji (University of Warwick), December 2002

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Gendered Land Rights – Process, Struggle, or Lost C(l)ause?
Source: Oxfam GB (Robin Palmer, Land Policy Adviser), 28 November 2002

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Mortgaging the Future: The World Bank’s Land Agenda in Africa
Source: Ambreena Manji (University of Warwick), 19 November 2002

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Land Reform in Southern and Eastern Africa: Key Issues for strengthening Women’s
Access to and Rights in Land
Source: Cherryl Walker (for FAO), March 2002

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Women, Wives and Land Rights in Africa: Situating Gender Beyond the Household in
the Debate Over Land Policy and Changing Tenure Systems
Source: Oxford Development Studies, Vol.30, No.1, 2002, pp.21-40 (Ingrid
Yngstrom), February 2002

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Land Reform: still a Goal worth Pursuing for Rural Women?
Source: Susie Jacobs (ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity), 10-12 September 2001

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Making Progress – Slowly. New Attention to Women’s Rights in Natural Resource
Law Reform in Africa
Source: Liz Alden Wily, 19-23 February 2001

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2) EAST AFRICA – BURUNDI
The Problems of Displaced and Returnee Women faced with Current Land Tenure
Policies in Burundi
Source: UNIFEM (Sabine Sabimbona), February 1998

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3) EAST AFRICA – KENYA
Gender Aspects of Land Reform: Constitutional Principles
Source: Kenya Land Alliance, November 2002

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4) EAST AFRICA – RWANDA
Women’s Access to Land in Rwanda
Source: RISD (Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development), 24-25 April 2001

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Women’s Property Rights and the Land Question in Rwanda
Source: UNIFEM (UNHCR, Kigali), February 1998

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5) EAST AFRICA – TANZANIA
From a Gender Perspective: Notions of Land Tenure Security in the Uluguru
Mountains, Tanzania
Source: Birgit Englert (Department of African Studies, University of Vienna).
Published in Journal für Entwicklungspolitik, XIX, 1, 2003, 75-90. March 2003.

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6) EAST AFRICA – UGANDA
Gender and the Land Reform Process in Uganda: Assessing Gains and Losses for
Women in Uganda
Source: Associates for Development, Land Research Series No. 2 (Margaret
Rugadya, Esther Obaikol, Herbert Kamusiime), August 2004

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Issue Notes on Gender Dimensions of Land Rights
Source: Associates for Development (Margaret Rugadya), February 2004

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Occupancy, Consent or Co-ownership: Policy and Legal Responses around the
Matrimonial Home in Uganda
Source: Associates for Development (Margaret Rugadya), August 2003

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Oxfam GB Statement [Press Release] on Security of Tenure for Women in Uganda
Source: Oxfam GB in Uganda (Judy Adoko, Programme Coordinator), 22 December 2000

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Uganda Land Alliance: Press Brief on Co-ownership
Source: Uganda Land Alliance, 12 December 2000

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The Impact of the Presumption that ‘Women do not Own Land’ and the Uganda Land
Act
Source: Oxfam GB (Judy Adoko, Programme Coordinator, Uganda), April 2000

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7) HORN OF AFRICA - GENERAL
Women’s Land and Property Rights in three East Africa Countries [Kenya, Sudan,
Ethiopia]
Source: UNIFEM (Makumi Mwagiru), February 1998

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8) HORN OF AFRICA – ERITREA
Women’s Access to Land and Property Rights in Eritrea
Source: UNIFEM (Tsehainesh Tekle), February 1998

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9) HORN OF AFRICA – ETHIOPIA
Land Registration and Women’s Land Rights in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Source: Askale Teklu (IIED Securing Land Rights in Africa Research Report 4),
November 2005

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10) SOUTHERN AFRICA – GENERAL
Human Rights, Formalisation and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern
Africa
Source: Ingunn Ikdahl, Anne Hellum, Randi Kaarhus, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Patricia
Kameri-Mbote (Institute of Women’s Law, University of Oslo, Studies in Women’s
Law No.57), June 2005

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11) SOUTHERN AFRICA – MOZAMBIQUE
Women’s Land Rights in post-War Mozambique
Source: UNIFEM (Rachel Waterhouse), February 1998

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12) SOUTHERN AFRICA – SOUTH AFRICA
Rural Women to fight for their Right to Land
Source: Glenda Daniels, 5 June 2001

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A Gender Analysis of recent South African Land Reform
Source: UNIFEM (Fanelwa Mhago and Melanie Samson), February 1998

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13) SOUTHERN AFRICA – ZAMBIA
Women’s Land Rights in Zambia: Policy Provisions, Legal Framework and
Constraints
Source: Zambia National Land Alliance (Henry Machina), 26-30 May 2002

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