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Women, Land and Empowerment in Rwanda

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  • Pamela Abbott
  • Roger Mugisha
  • Roger Sapsford

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Rwanda has recently registered all legal owners of land and has required spouses to be registered as co‐owners of joint property; this is aimed at contributing to the empowerment of women, among many other things. A 2015 survey explored the impact of law and official practice on women's empowerment—whether they knew their rights and whether they could claim them. The conclusion is that there has indeed been some impact. The problems of women's subordination remain, however, given patriarchal attitudes, unequally shared decision‐making and a tension between Rwanda's espousal of the rule of law on the one hand and the principle of dialogue and consensus on the other. Moreover, the position of a substantial proportion of women in unregistered domestic partnerships has not changed. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Pamela Abbott & Roger Mugisha & Roger Sapsford, 2018. "Women, Land and Empowerment in Rwanda," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(6), pages 1006-1022, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:30:y:2018:i:6:p:1006-1022
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.3370
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    1. Bizoza, Alfred R. & Opio-Omoding, James, 2021. "Assessing the impacts of land tenure regularization: Evidence from Rwanda and Ethiopia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    2. Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Deininger, Klaus & Mahofa, Godfrey & Nyakulama, Rhona, 2021. "Sustaining land registration benefits by addressing the challenges of reversion to informality in Rwanda," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    3. Daniel Stockemer & Michael J Wigginton, 2022. "The gender gap in voting in post-conflict elections: Evidence from Israel, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 39(1), pages 74-96, January.

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