Innovative solutions to protect women’s customary land rights in Sierra Leone

S. B. Mabikke, R. A. Ahene, M. P. Rizzo, F. Romano.

Innovative solutions to protect women’s customary land rights in Sierra Leone

Land Tenure Journal/Revue des Questions Foncières/Revista sobre Tenencia de la Tierra 1-20

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 30 p.

Author S. B. Mabikke, R. A. Ahene, M. P. Rizzo, F. Romano.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Journal, magazine, bulletin

Series title Land tenure journal

Series number 20/jan

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Land Tenure Journal is published by FAO as a medium for the dissemination of information and views on tenure of land and other natural resources in the framework of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) which is a standard for FAO’s work on tenure. The audience consists of people having interest in tenure of land and other resources in its broadest technical, economic, political and social senses. The prime beneficiaries include practitioners and professionals from international and national agencies, central and local governments, civil society organizations and academia. Articles are published in English, French or Spanish. The content of the Journal reflects the versatile priorities of FAO’s Tenure Governance normative and field programs as well as priorities of the Journal’s audience. The Journal aims to present a holistic and politically, culturally and regionally diversified view on tenure of land and other natural resources.

Language Trilingual

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