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Full Citation: Benschop, M., "Are Women's Equal Rights to Land, Housing and Property Implemented in East Africa?" UNHABITAT Report (April 2002).

Full citation: Whitehead, A. and Tsikata, D., "Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary ," 3(1-2) JOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE (2003).

Full citation: Rugadya, M., "Women's Rights to Productive Assets - Land: Lessons Learnt from Uganda," UN WOMEN EXPERT PAPER (2012).

Full citation: Garber, B., "Caught between Customary and State Law: Women's Land Rights in Uganda in the Context of Increasing Privatization of Land Tenure Systems" MA THESIS (University of Vienna May 2012).

Full citation: Doss, C., Truong, M., Nabanoga, G. and Namaalwa, J., "Women, Marriage and Asset Inheritance in Uganda," 184 CPRC WORKING PAPER (Chronic Poverty Research Centre 2010). - The study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. The first phase involved interviewing focus groups and key informants about assets held by men and women in the communities and on patterns of acquisition and social norms surrounding asset ownership and inheritance. The second phase was a household and intra-household survey. Life-history interviews were also conducted. The study found that many women gain access to land or ownership through their marital relationships. Both husbands and wives often indicate that land is owned jointly. However, rights over land differ for men and women, with women having fewer rights than men. Women do inherit land, both from their fathers and from their husbands, although it is much more common for men to inherit land. While women may successfully access land through their husbands, and may even claim ownership, these rights frequently depend on the stability of the marriage. Under most customary systems, a widow can claim land that belonged to her husband only if she has a son. The land will be inherited by the son, and the mother can continue to farm it until the son is grown-up and can claim it. Women without sons are at risk of losing access to the land, depending on their relationships with their husband’s family and the community. In spite of this arrangement, some widows have been able to maintain independent claims on land. [Threats to Women’s Land Tenure Security and Effectiveness of Interventions - Annotated Bibliography]

Full citation: Adoko, J., Akin, J. and Knight, R. "Understanding and Strengthening Women’s Land Rights Under Customary Tenure in Uganda ," OXFAM REPORT (2011).

Full citation: COHRE and WLLA, "The Impact of National Land Policy and Land Reform on Women in Uganda," WLLA REPORT (October 2010).

Full citation: Immanuel, K.F., "Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda," 26 MICROCON RESEARCH WORKING PAPER (June 2010).

Full citation: Paradza, G.G., "Innovations for Securing Women's Access to Land in East Africa," 13 ILC WORKING PAPER (March 2011).

Full citation: Walker, C., "Land Reform in Southern and Eastern Africa: Key Issues for strengthening Women’s Access to and Rights in Land," FAO DESKTOP STUDY REPORT (March 2002).

Full citation: LEMU, "Fighting the Wrong Battlers? Towards a New Paradigm in the Struggle for Women’s Land Rights in Uganda," LEMU REPORT (December 2008).

Full citation: Rugadya, M. A., "Unveiling Gender, Land and Property Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda," 4 ASSOCIATES RESEARCH OCCASIONAL PAPER (November 2008).

Full citation: LEMU, "Mainstreaming Gender and HIV/AIDS Issues into the Draft National Land Policy," DRAFT ISSUES PAPER (September 2008).

Source: ICRW, HSRC and AfD, "Women’s Property Rights, HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence: Research Findings from Two Districts in South Africa and Uganda," (HSRC Press, 2008).

Full citation: Rugadya, M. A., "Gender in Uganda’s National Land Policy," PSIA TRAINING PRESENTATION (June 2007).

Full citation: Associates for Development & Centre for Basic Research, "MGender Monitoring Baseline Survey for the Land Sector Strategic Plan in 20 Districts," (March 2006).

Source: Rugadya, M., Obaikol, E. and Kamusiime, H., "Gender and the Land Reform Process in Uganda: Assessing Gains and Losses for Women in Uganda," 2 AfD LAND RESEARCH SERIES (August 2004).

Full citation: Rugadya, M., "Occupancy, Consent or Co-ownership: Policy and Legal Responses around the Matrimonial Home in Uganda," JURISTS CONFERNCE PAPER (August 2003).

Full citation: Manji, A., "Eliminating Poverty? "Financial Inclusion", Access to Land, and Gender Equality in International Development," 73(6) THE MODERN LAW REVIEW (2010).

Full citation: Cotula, L. and Mathieu, P., "Legal Empowerment in Practice: Using Legal Tools to Secure Land Rights in Africa," IIED & FAO REPORT (May 2008).

Full citation: McAuslan, P., "Personal Reflections on Drafting Laws to Improve Women's Access to Land: Is There a Magic Wand?" 4(1) JOURNAL OF EASTERN AFRICAN STUDIES (2010).

Full citation: Daley, E. and Englert, B., "Securing Land Rights for Women" 4(1) JOURNAL OF EASTERN AFRICAN STUDIES (2010).

Full citation: Hatcher, J., Meggiolaro, L. and Ferrer, C.S., "Cultivating Women's Rights for Access to Land," ACTIONAID AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY NETWORK COUNTRY ANALYSIS REPORT (October 2005).

Full citation: GLTN, "Gender Evaluation Criteria for Large-Scale Land Tools," 2 GLTN BRIEF (UN-Habitat, 2012).