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• Title:Gender and law : women's rights in agriculture / Lorenzo Cotula, for the FAO Legal Office.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cotula, Lorenzo.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Legal Office.
  
• Published/Created:Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K1841.A4 C68 2006 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Women agricultural laborers--Legal status, laws, etc.--Developing countries.
  Women in agriculture.
  Women's rights.
  
• Medical Subjects: Women's Rights
  
• Description:x, 184 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:FAO legislative study 76, rev. 1.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-183).
  
• ISBN:9251055637
  
• Contents:Object, scope and methodology
  The principle of gender equality
  The sources of women's legal status
  International law
  Domestic law
  Customary law
  Norms of a religious origin
  The interaction between the different levels of law
  WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO LAND AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES
  Relevant international law
  The Americas
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Sub-Saharan Africa
  Kenya
  Burkina Faso
  South Africa
  Northern Africa and the Middle East
  Tunisia
  Asia
  India
  The Philippines
  The Pacific region
  Regional overview
  Fiji
  Europe
  Italy
  THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
  Relevant international law
  The Americas
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Sub-Saharan Africa
  Kenya
  Burkina Faso
  South Africa
  Northern Africa and the Middle East
  Tunisia
  Asia
  .: The Philippines / India
  The Pacific region
  Fiji
  Europe
  Italy
  THE RIGHTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED RURAL WOMEN
  Relevant international law
  The Americas
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Sub-Saharan Africa
  Kenya
  Burkina Faso
  South Africa
  Northern Africa and the Middle East
  Tunisia
  Regional overview
  India
  The Philippines
  The Pacific region
  Fiji
  Europe
  Italy
  TOWARD THE REALISATION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS: LEGAL REFORM AND IMPLEMENTATION
  Factors affecting the implementation of women's rights
  Courts
  Human rights commissions and other independent authorities
  Customary dispute settlement authorities
  Legal information and legal aid
  The lack of resources for gender-related laws, programmes and institutions
  The lack of "voice" of rural women
  Legal reform and implementation
  References
  Women's rights legislation on the Internet