Controlling land they call their own: access and women's empowerment in Northern Tanzania
| Autor: | Jani Little, Alicia Davis, Mara J. Goldman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
Economic growth 050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject Land law 0507 social and economic geography Maasai 050701 cultural studies Indigenous Grassroots 5. Gender equality Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Political science Women's empowerment 0502 economics and business 10. No inequality Land tenure Socioeconomics Empowerment media_common 05 social sciences 1. No poverty 16. Peace & justice language.human_language Property rights Anthropology language |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Peasant Studies. 43:777-797 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9361 0306-6150 |
| Popis: | Formal rights to land are often promoted as an essential part of empowering women, particularly in the Global South. We look at two grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on land rights and empowerment with Maasai communities in Northern Tanzania. Women involved with both NGOS attest to the power of land ownership for personal empowerment and transformations in gender relations. Yet very few have obtained land ownership titles. Drawing from Ribot and Peluso's theory of access, we argue that more than ownership rights to land, access – to land, knowledge, social relations and political processes – is leading to empowerment for these women, as well as helping to keep land within communities. We illustrate how the following are key to both empowerment processes and protecting community and women's land: (1) access to knowledge about legal rights, such as the right to own land; (2) access to customary forms of authority; and (3) access to a joint social identity – as women, as ‘indigenous pe... |
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