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Arguing traditions: Denying Kenya's Women Access to Land Rights

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dc.contributor.authorHarrington, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorChopra, Tanja
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-09T19:25:11Z
dc.date.available2018-10-09T19:25:11Z
dc.date.issued2010-01
dc.description.abstractTwo major approaches on how to address women's land security can be identified: reforming the formal legal sector, and embracing informal community practices. However, through research conducted among Kenya's agricultural communities, the authors find that these systems formal, informal, or hybrid are underpinned (and undermined) by the same local power dynamics that control and ultimately prevent women from obtaining land, leaving all of these systems inadequate in ensuring women's access to land. Community leaders play a key role not only as local power brokers, decision makers, and protectors of local practices, but also as gatekeepers to the formal system. Thus, their decisions to support local power dynamics and limit access to the formal system essentially supporting traditions? in lieu of rights can effectively deny women access to their land rights. Based on these findings, the authors argue that the policy debate must shift away from pitting formal legislative approaches against support for 'customary' systems. With economic and political contexts influencing individuals, the debate must look at the social context within communities, whose members must be pressed to reject attempts to 'hijack' custom and legitimize abusive, self-serving behavior. This problem needs to be tackled using the same avenues that currently promote the marginalization of women, that is, the sociocultural value systems that determine which behavior, arguments, and actions are legitimate in a community. By working with existing positive values, the justice system used formal or informal becomes less important and a lasting, positive change on women's access to land rights might be achieved.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421721468088475667/Arguing-traditions-denying-Kenyas-women-access-to-land-rights
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/30531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30531
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJustice for the Poor Research Report;No. 2
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectABUSE
dc.subjectACCESS TO JUSTICE
dc.subjectACCESS TO LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPROPRIATIONS
dc.subjectBASIS OF SEX
dc.subjectBEATINGS
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAW
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY PRACTICES
dc.subjectDECEASED HUSBANDS
dc.subjectDESCENT
dc.subjectDEVOLUTION OF PROPERTY
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectEDUCATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectELDERLY
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY LAW
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY STRUCTURES
dc.subjectFAMILY SUPPORT
dc.subjectFAMILY UNITS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE CHILDREN
dc.subjectFEMALE CLIENTS
dc.subjectFORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectFUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER AND LAW
dc.subjectGENDER DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectGENDER DISPARITY
dc.subjectGENDER EQUITY
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHOME
dc.subjectHOMES
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUMAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectINCLUSION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINHERITANCE RIGHTS
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subjectJUDGE
dc.subjectJUDGES
dc.subjectJUDICIAL REFORMS
dc.subjectJUSTICE
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectLACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectLAND GRABBING
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLANDS
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEGAL REFORM
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectMANDATES
dc.subjectMARGINALIZATION
dc.subjectMARITAL PROPERTIES
dc.subjectMARITAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMARRIAGES
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectNATIONAL DIALOGUE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectOWNERSHIP RIGHTS
dc.subjectPAMPHLET
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPEACE
dc.subjectPHYSICAL ABUSE
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES
dc.subjectPRACTITIONERS
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRIGHTS ADVOCATES
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL PRESSURE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectSTATE RESPONSIBILITY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE
dc.subjectTREATY
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWIDOW
dc.subjectWIDOWS
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWILLS
dc.subjectWIVES
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectWOMEN LAWYERS
dc.subjectWORLD CONFERENCE
dc.subjectWORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
dc.subjectJUSTICE FOR THE POOR
dc.titleArguing traditionsen
dc.title.subtitleDenying Kenya's Women Access to Land Rightsen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleArguing traditions
okr.date.disclosure2010-01-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:54:49.691959Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421721468088475667/Arguing-traditions-denying-Kenyas-women-access-to-land-rights
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/421721468088475667/pdf/526740WP0P11101on1Harrington1Chopra.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.themeRule of law :: Personal and property rights
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Land Administration
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Justice for the Poor
okr.topicLaw and Development::Law and Gender
okr.topicLaw and Development::Real & Intellectual Property Law
okr.topicRural Development::Common Property Resource Development
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.unitJustice Reform (LEGJR)
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