"Our daughters inherit our land, but our sons use their wives' fields": Matrilineal-matrilocal land tenure and the New Land Policy in Malawi

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-199

  Peters, Pauline E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender equity; Land policy; Malawi; Matrilineal matrilocal land tenure; Settlement schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649202256     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531050903556717     Document Type: Article

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