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Women in Tanzania constitute the majority of smallholder farmers but due to the structure of the rural society and its related customary law, the majority of women have inferior and insecure land rights relative to men (United Republic of Tanzania [URT], 1995). Adult women with children but without a spouse, particularly in rural areas, face the greatest difficulty in handling the land problem. An increasing incidence of unwed mothers, widows, and divorcees makes this problem even more widespread that it has been in the past.
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Mhina, C.H. (2009). Research and Agency: The Case of Rural Women and Land Tenure in Tanzania. In: Kapoor, D., Jordan, S. (eds) Education, Participatory Action Research, and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100640_11
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