Kvinnors rätt till land : jämställdhet, formalisering och fördelning
(2007)Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- The differences between the sexes when it comes to land and property ownership are enormous. This paper deals with issues concerning women's land and property rights. The aim of the study is to investigate what general factors are effecting women's access to and control of land. In addition, this paper aims to explore the effects of liberal formalism in relation to gender equality and the distribution of land. Formalism and formalization of women's land rights alone won't lead to equality in land distribution or women's emancipation. Women, for example, don't participate in the markets on the same terms as men partly because of discrimination resulting from reigning gender ideologies. Most writers on women's land rights focus on social... (More)
- The differences between the sexes when it comes to land and property ownership are enormous. This paper deals with issues concerning women's land and property rights. The aim of the study is to investigate what general factors are effecting women's access to and control of land. In addition, this paper aims to explore the effects of liberal formalism in relation to gender equality and the distribution of land. Formalism and formalization of women's land rights alone won't lead to equality in land distribution or women's emancipation. Women, for example, don't participate in the markets on the same terms as men partly because of discrimination resulting from reigning gender ideologies. Most writers on women's land rights focus on social norms and cultural notions as underlying the lack of effective rights in women's land ownership, but this paper attempts to reinstate material considerations into the discussion by viewing the factual distribution of land as a contributing factor of gender inequality. (Less)
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- author
- Sundqvist Hagan, Mikaela
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- women's rights, gender, land rights, equality, land reform, privatization, development, kvinnors rättigheter, genus, diskriminering, jämställdhet, jordägande, jordreformer, Gender studies, Genusvetenskap, Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1321645
- date added to LUP
- 2007-06-14 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:50
@misc{1321645,
abstract = {{The differences between the sexes when it comes to land and property ownership are enormous. This paper deals with issues concerning women's land and property rights. The aim of the study is to investigate what general factors are effecting women's access to and control of land. In addition, this paper aims to explore the effects of liberal formalism in relation to gender equality and the distribution of land. Formalism and formalization of women's land rights alone won't lead to equality in land distribution or women's emancipation. Women, for example, don't participate in the markets on the same terms as men partly because of discrimination resulting from reigning gender ideologies. Most writers on women's land rights focus on social norms and cultural notions as underlying the lack of effective rights in women's land ownership, but this paper attempts to reinstate material considerations into the discussion by viewing the factual distribution of land as a contributing factor of gender inequality.}},
author = {{Sundqvist Hagan, Mikaela}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kvinnors rätt till land : jämställdhet, formalisering och fördelning}},
year = {{2007}},
}