Personal reflections on drafting laws to improve women's access to land: Is there a magic wand?

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-130

  McAuslan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Land policy; Law reform; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649200468     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531050903556683     Document Type: Article

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