Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon
By: edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cameroon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9789956726837
Subjects: Women's rights; Land tenure; Right of property; Women; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon; Project Muse UPCC books
Description: This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to land and rural women in Cameroon  -- Nebasina Emmanuel Ngwa; title: Equal rights but unequal power over land : rethinking the process of engendering land ownership and management in Cameroon  -- Lotsmart N. Fonjong; title: Women's inheritance rights in the north west and south west regions of Cameroon  -- Vera N. Ngassa; title: Exploring women's rights within the Cameroonian legal system : where do customary practices of bride-price fit in?  -- Vera N. Ngassa; title: Women and land registraion in anglophone Cameroon : lessons from South Africa  -- Mike A. Yanou and Patience Sone; title: Mediating between customs and statutes in the process of land registration and enforcement of women's rights in Cameroon : the role of the administration  -- Florence Awasom; title: Land reforms in South Africa and Uganda : practices for enhancing the process in Cameroon  -- Lawrence Fombe and Irene Sama-Lang; title: Discrimination in women's property and inheritance rights in Cameroon : the role of human rights NGOs in promoting gender sensitive land reforms -- Harmony Bobga.