Gender levees: Rethinking women's land rights in Northeastern Honduras

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-420

  Casolo, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian reform; Disaster; Gender; Honduras; Landrights

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; FEMINISM; GENDER ROLE; HURRICANE MITCH 1998; LAND RIGHTS; NEOLIBERALISM; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 67650667452     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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