Women, land and authority : perspectives from South Africa / edited by Shamin Meer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meer, Shamim.

National Land Committee (South Africa)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--South Africa.

Women's rights.

Women and land use planning--South Africa.

Women and land use planning.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

x, 146 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [Eng.] : Oxfam ; Cape Town, South Africa : David Philip in association with the National Land Committee, 1997.

Contents:

Foreword / Sue Middleton

Introduction / Shamim Meer

1. Women and tenure: marginality and the left-hand power / Catherine Cross and Michelle Friedman

2. Access to land: a rural perspective on tradition and resources / Lisa Thorp

3. Women's land rights: a case study from the Northern Transvaal / Janet Small

4. Cornfields, gender and land / Cherryl Walker

5. Women's land rights and needs: the case of Thornhill and Merino Walk / Sue Middleton

6. Women, tenure and land reform: the case of Namaqualand's Reserves / Fiona Archer and Shamim Meer

7. Women on Highveld farms: an outlook for development / Linda Waldman and Mampe Ntsedi

8. Western Cape fruit and wine farms: land, labour and housing tenure / Sandra Hill-Lanz and Kathy O'Grady

9. Evicted farm workers and gender in the small town of Aberdeen / Bronwyn James and Sibongile Ngcobo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-144) and index.

ISBN:

0864863276

0855983752

OCLC:

37749626