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Women, Land and Authority
Perspectives from South Africa
Published: 1997
Pages: 160
Paperback: 9780855983758
The issue of land lies at the heart of South Africa's democratic transformation, but the extremity of apartheid's racial legacy is in danger of obscuring a no less pervasive oppression: that of women. This volume brings together recent research on women by the National Land Committee of South Africa. What emerges is a sharp sense of transition and crisis - and a pressing need for women's organization, to ensure that development and legislation are informed by the priorities of women, and that South Africa's land question is treated not least as a problem of gender transformation.
List of contributors
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Introduction
PART ONE
Women and tenure: marginality and the left-hand power
Catherine Croos & Michelle Friedman
Access to land: a rural perspective on tradition and resources
Lisa Thorp
Women's land rights: a case study from Northern Transvaal
Janet Small
PART TWO
Cornfields, gender and land
Cherryl Walker
Women's land rights and needs: the caseof Thornhill and Merino Walk
Sue Middleton
Women, tenure and land reform: the case of Namaqualand's Reserves
Fiona Archer & Shamin Meer
PART THREE
Women on Highveld farms: an outlook for development
Linda Waldman & Mampe Ntsedi
Western Cape fruit and wine farms: land, labour and housing tenure
Sandra Hill-Lanz & Kathy O'Grady
Evicted farm workers and gender in the small town of Aberdeen
Bronwyn James & Sibongile Ngcobo
References
Bibliography
Index.
Forward
Introduction
PART ONE
Women and tenure: marginality and the left-hand power
Catherine Croos & Michelle Friedman
Access to land: a rural perspective on tradition and resources
Lisa Thorp
Women's land rights: a case study from Northern Transvaal
Janet Small
PART TWO
Cornfields, gender and land
Cherryl Walker
Women's land rights and needs: the caseof Thornhill and Merino Walk
Sue Middleton
Women, tenure and land reform: the case of Namaqualand's Reserves
Fiona Archer & Shamin Meer
PART THREE
Women on Highveld farms: an outlook for development
Linda Waldman & Mampe Ntsedi
Western Cape fruit and wine farms: land, labour and housing tenure
Sandra Hill-Lanz & Kathy O'Grady
Evicted farm workers and gender in the small town of Aberdeen
Bronwyn James & Sibongile Ngcobo
References
Bibliography
Index.
Shamim Meer Shamim is a feminist activist, educator, researcher and writer. She was a co-founder of feminist publications SPEAK and Agenda. She has worked to advance social justice and women's rights in communities, within trade unions, and within development practice. She has written and edited publications on women's land rights, feminism and democracy, rights and development among others.
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