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How can they be protected and strengthened as the Land Law is implemented?
The report provides research findings of women’s current land rights, including the rights of women widowed from HIV/AIDS and the Rwandan genocide. The report also discusses Rwanda’s new body of land legislation, Landesa’s efforts to develop complementary land legislation to ensure that women’s land rights are taken into careful account, and suggested next steps. | download PDF
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