WUNRN
Direct Link to 8-Page 2011 Document:
UNDERSTANDING & STRENGTHENING
WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS UNDER CUSTOMARY TENURE IN UGANDA
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Via COHRE - Centre on Housing Rights
& Evictions
Direct Link - 8 Pages - October 2010
Report:
"One of the main findings of the study was that
while there have been many advances in land reform in Uganda that grant women
legal rights, custom and practice are still lagging behind the law, leading to
a regular violation of women’s land rights."
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http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/policy/land-and-power
LAND & POWER - THE GROWING SCANDAL
SURROUNDING THE NEW WAVE OF INVESTMENTS IN LAND - OXFAM - GENDER
The new wave of land deals is not the new investment in agriculture that millions had been waiting for. The poorest people are being hardest hit as competition for land intensifies. Oxfam’s research has revealed that residents regularly lose out to local elites and domestic or foreign investors because they lack the power to claim their rights effectively and to defend and advance their interests.
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