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Author | : N. Fonjong |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2012-02-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9956727016 |
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This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nexus between the reluctance to recognize and materialize womens right to land, and the increasing feminization of poverty is undeniable. The problem assumes special acuity in an essentially agrarian context like Cameroon, where the problem is not so much the law as its manner of application. That this book delves into investigating the principal sources and reasons for this prevalent injustice is particularly welcome. As some of the analyses reveal, denying women their right to land acquisition or inheritance is sometimes contrary to established judicial precedents and even in total dissonance with the countrys constitution. Traditional and cultural shibboleths associated with land acquisition and ownership that tend to stymie womens development and fulfilment, must be quickly shirked, for such retrograde excuses can no longer find comfort in the law, morality nor in modern traditional thinking. The trend, albeit timid, of appointing women to Land Consultative Boards and even as traditional authorities, can only be salutary. These are some positive practical steps that can translate the notion of equal rights into equal power over land for both sexes; otherwise equality in this context will remain an unattractive slogan.
Author | : N. Fonjong |
Publisher | : Langaa RPCIG |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-02-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789956727018 |
Download Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nexus between the reluctance to recognize and materialize women s right to land, and the increasing feminization of poverty is undeniable. The problem assumes special acuity in an essentially agrarian context like Cameroon, where the problem is not so much the law as its manner of application. That this book delves into investigating the principal sources and reasons for this prevalent injustice is particularly welcome. As some of the analyses reveal, denying women their right to land acquisition or inheritance is sometimes contrary to established judicial precedents and even in total dissonance with the country s constitution. Traditional and cultural shibboleths associated with land acquisition and ownership that tend to stymie women s development and fulfilment, must be quickly shirked, for such retrograde excuses can no longer find comfort in the law, morality nor in modern traditional thinking. The trend, albeit timid, of appointing women to Land Consultative Boards and even as traditional authorities, can only be salutary. These are some positive practical steps that can translate the notion of equal rights into equal power over land for both sexes; otherwise equality in this context will remain an unattractive slogan.
Author | : Debbie Budlender |
Publisher | : IDRC (International Development Research Centre) |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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Women and Land: Securing Rights for Better Lives
Author | : Lotsmart N. Fonjong |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9956726834 |
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This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nexus between the reluctance to recognize and materialize women's right to land, and the increasing feminization of poverty is undeniable. The problem assumes special acuity in an essentially agrarian context like Cameroon, where the problem is not so much the law as its manner of application. That this book delves into investigating the principal sources and reasons for this prevalent injustice is particularly welcome. As some of the analyses reveal, denying women their right to land acquisition or inheritance is sometimes contrary to established judicial precedents and even in total dissonance with the country's constitution. Traditional and cultural shibboleths associated with land acquisition and ownership that tend to stymie women's development and fulfilment, must be quickly shirked, for such retrograde excuses can no longer find comfort in the law, morality nor in "modern" traditional thinking. The trend, albeit timid, of appointing women to Land Consultative Boards and even as traditional authorities, can only be salutary. These are some positive practical steps that can translate the notion of equal rights into "equal power" over land for both sexes; otherwise "equality" in this context will remain an unattractive slogan.
Author | : L Muthoni Wanyeki |
Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2003-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781842770979 |
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Bringing together ongoing research into rural African women and land rights, this book has case studies from Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia and Uganda.
Author | : Dzodzi Tsikata |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 8189884727 |
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Drawing from field research in Cameroon, Ghana, Vietnam, and the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, this book explores the relationship between gender and land, revealing the workings of global capital and of people's responses to it. A central theme is the people's resistance to global forces, frequently through an insistence on the uniqueness of their livelihoods. For instance, in the Amazon, the focus is on the social movements that have emerged in the context of struggles over land rights concerning the extraction of Brazil nuts and babacu kernels in an increasingly globalised market. In Vietnam, the process of 'de-collectivising' rights to land is examined with a view to understand how gender and other social differences are reworked in a market economy. The book addresses a gap in the literature on land tenure and gender in developing countries. It raises new questions about the process of globalisation, particularly about who the actors are (local people, the state, NGOs, multinational companies) and the shifting relations amongst them. The book also challenges the very concepts of gender, land and globalization.
Author | : Lotsmart Fonjong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Land tenure |
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Download Land Tenure Practices and Women's Rights to Land in Anglophone Cameroon Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Adri van den Berg |
Publisher | : Cnws |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Divorce |
ISBN | : |
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Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2013 |
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