Who owns the farm? : rural women’s access to land and livestock / Jo Grace.

Cover title.

“February 2005”.

“An Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit report”—cover page.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 36).

Contents: Glossary—Executive summary—I. introduction—II. Methods—III. Men and women’s agricultural roles and responsibilities in the study villages—IV. Factors affecting women’s ownership of land and livestock—V. ways forward—Appendix—Bibliography.

Summary: “Land and livestock are considered to be key assets for rural livelihoods, yet little is known about the factors that enable or constrain different women’s access to these. A longitudinal study of rural livelihoods launched in late 2002 revealed that very few women actually owned land, and only some widowed women owned livestock. But what these rights of ownership mean in practice is not known, nor is much known about women who come forward to claim their rights. This study of rural villages in Badakhshan, Bamyan and Kabul provinces sought to examine these issues in greater depth, as well as build understanding of the factors that enable and constrain different women’s access to land and livestock”—(p. ii).

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