section 1. Gender : current status -- section 2. Gender : some issues -- section 3. Policies towards gender empowerment -- section 4. Gender and rural development -- section 5. Gender : select interventions for gender development

This volume focuses on the impact on women`s land rights from the contemporary drive towards the formulation and implementation of land tenure reforms which aim primarily at the private registration of land. It is solidly grounded in the findings from seven case studies, all based on in-depth...