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Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women: Law and Land/Property Rights
(Prepared for The New Women's Movement in Uganda)

BOOKS

Okumu Wengi, Jennifer. 1994. The law of succession in Uganda: women, inheritance laws, and practices: essays and cases. Kampala: Women and Law in East Africa.

Okumu Wengi, Jennifer. 1997. Weeding the millet field: women's law and grassroots justice in Uganda. Kampala: Uganda Law Watch Center.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ambreena, Manji. 1998. 'Gender and the politics of the land reform process in Tanzania'. Journal of Modern African Studies Volume 36, Issue 4 (Dec). 645-667.

Asiimwe, Jacqueline. 2001. 'Making Women's Land Rights a Reality in Uganda: Advocacy for Co-Ownership by Spouses'. Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal Volume 4. 173-189.

Harries, Catherine. 1994. 'Daughters of the People: International Feminism Meets Ugandan Laws and Customs'. Columbia Human Rights Law Review Volume 25. 493-539.

Khadiagala, Lynn S. 2001. 'The failure of popular justice in Uganda: local councils and women's property rights'. Development and Change Volume 32, Number 1. 55-76.

Mayambala, Esther N. 1997. 'Changing the terms of the debate: polygamy and the rights of women in Kenya and Uganda'. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volume 3, Number 2. 200-239.

Naggita, Esther Damalie. 2000. 'Why men come out ahead: the legal regime and the protection and realization of women's rights in Uganda'. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volume 6, Number 1. 34-61.

Ntege, H. 1993. 'Women and urban housing crisis-impact of public policies and practices in Uganda'. Economic and Political Weekly Volume 28, Issue 44 (Oct 30). W46-W62.

Semafumu, R. 1999. 'Uganda's reporting obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)'. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volume 1, Number 2. 175-198.

Tamale, Sylvia. 1993. 'Law reform and women's rights in Uganda'. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volume 1. 164-194.

Tamale, Sylvia. 1998. 'The limitation of affirmative action in Uganda'. Women's World Volume 32. 15-19.

Tuhaise, Night Percy and Edith Kibalama. 2000. 'Affirmative action and the status of women in Uganda'. East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights Volume 6, Number 1. 98-108.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Action for Development (ACFODE). 1990. A report of the pilot survey on 'Women and the Constitution'. Kampala: ACFODE. 77 pages.

Action for Development (ACFODE). 1994. Report of the study of the legal-cultural constraints to women's rights in Uganda. Kampala: ACFODE. 78 pages.

Friedrich Ebert Foundation. 1995. Civic participation and legal awareness: the experience of the Ugandan women: the experiences of trainers and women participants in the Resistance Council judicial powers training programme carried out in various districts of Uganda during 1994-1995. Kampala: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. 64 pages.

Kharono, Elizabeth. 1998. Feminist Challenge to the Land Question in Uganda: Options for Meaningful Action. Cape Town: University of Cape Town, African Gender Institute.

Makerere Institute for Social Research and Land Tenure Center. 1995. Gender perspectives on land ownership and inheritance in Uganda. Kampala and Madison: Makerere University and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Matembe, Miria R.K. 1991. How far have women of Uganda gone in realizing their rights?

Ugandan Women's Network (UWONET). 1997. Women and land rights in Uganda: a documentation of women's views and suggestions on land issues in Uganda and the proposed Land Bill: a report of findings of the preliminary study undertaken by Uganda Women's Network. Kampala: UWONET. 39 pages.

DISSERTATIONS

Kadiagala, Lynn Steckelberg. 1999. 'Law, power and justice: the adjudication of women's property rights in Uganda'. PhD.

Muzigo, Rosette. 1994. 'Invoking international human rights law for the emancipation of women in Uganda'. MA.

Nalwanga, Sebina. 1998. 'The paradox of tradition: gender, land and inheritance rights among the Baganda'. PhD.

UGANDA GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Ministry of Gender and Community Development. 1995. Women and the 1995 Constitution of Uganda. Kampala: WID-DANIDA Constituent Assembly Project, Ministry of Gender and Community Development.

Ministry of Women in Development. 1989. Women and the new constitution: a manual. Kampala: Ministry of Women in Development.

UN DOCUMENTS

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). 2000. The Politics of Women's Rights and Cultural Diversity in Uganda. Geneva: Switzerland.

HANDBOOKS

Uganda Association of Women Lawyers. 1995. The rural legal education handbook. Kampala: Uganda Association of Women Lawyers.




Last update: December-16, 2001