Gender and land rights in Murang'a district, Kenya
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Vol. 17 (4) , 609-643
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066159008438437
Abstract
Conceptualising rights to land in a framework of legal pluralism, this article explores the historical nature of struggles over land by women and men in a situation of increasing land scarcity. It is argued that the manipulation of customary law and state law is instrumental in increasing gender and, more generally, social differentiation.Keywords
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