Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon.

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This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nex...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fonjong, Lotsmart N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2012.
Temas:
Women's rights > Cameroon.
Land tenure > Cameroon.
Right of property > Cameroon.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cameroon.
Femmes > Droits > Cameroun.
Droit de propriété > Cameroun.
Land tenure
Right of property
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Summary; Chapter One
  • Introduction to Land and Rural Women in Cameroon; Introduction; The Rural Woman in Cameroon; Women and Land in Agricultural Improvement and Socio-Economic Stability; Women and Land in Natural Resource and Holistic Environmental Management; Women and Water-related Issues; Cameroonian Rural Women and Forest Resource Exploitation; Rural Women Functionality within the Cameroonian Process of Decentralization; Conclusion; References.
  • Chapter Two
  • Equal Rights but Unequal Power over Land: Rethinking the Process of Engendering Land Ownership and Management in CameroonAbstract; Introduction; Contextualizing Issues of Rights and Women's Empowerment; Rethinking of Women' Land Rights; Gender dynamics and use of land; Why this Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership; Customary Laws in Cameroon; The Ineffectiveness of Statutory Provisions; Limitations of Legal Enforcement of Women's Land rights in Cameroon; The Basis for Engendering Land Reforms in Cameroon; Opportunities for Land Reforms; Conclusions.
  • Recommendations for Engendering the Process of Land Reforms in CameroonReferences; Chapter Three
  • Women's Inheritance Rights in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon; Abstract; Introduction; Sources of Law and Applicable Laws; Courts with jurisdiction to hear probate matters; Testate Succession (Testacy); Conditions necessary for a valid will; Form and Contents of Wills; The place of nuncupative wills post-obit gifts and gifts inter vivos; Intestacy (Intestate Succession); The Surviving Spouse; Inheritance rights of Married girls; The position of children born out of wedlock.
  • Administration of EstatesDistribution; Devolution to the surviving spouse; Revocation of grant of probate and letters; Liabilities and penalties for administration of estates; Conclusion; Chapter Four
  • Exploring Women's Rights within the Cameroonian Legal System: Where do Customary Practices of Bride-Price Fit in?; Abstract; Introduction; Customary Laws and Practices as a Hindrance to Women's Rights; Bride-Price and the Validity of Marriage; Bride-Price and Monogamy (and Bigamy); Bride-Price and the Dissolution of Marriage; Bride-Price and Paternity; Refund Of Bride-price.
  • Bride-price, women and propertyConclusion; Chapter Five
  • Women and Land Registration in Anglophone Cameroon: Lessons from South Africa; Abstract; Introduction; Theoretical framework of the paper; Social welfare Component of Land; African World view on property rights; Research Methodology; Land and Registration: An Overview; Registration as Instrument for Exclusion: South African Experience; Conclusion; Chapter Six
  • Mediating between Customs and Statutes in the Process of Land Registration and Enforcement of Women's Rights in Cameroon: The Role of the Administration; Abstract; Introduction.

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