Feminist Africa Issue 12. 2009: Land, Labour and Gendered Livelihoods

This issue seeks to explore the inter-connectors among economic liberation policies, land and resource tenures, and labor relations in the structuring of gendered livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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