Caplan, Pat. 1981. Development Policies in Tanzania: Some Implications for Women. The Journal of Development Studies, 17(3), pp. 98-108. ISSN 0022-0388 [Article]

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Recent development policies in Tanzania, notably in the areas of land holding, re‐settlement of villages, and housing, may well have important implications for women. Under the traditional system, women enjoyed a relatively large degree of autonomy, particularly because of their rights to hold land as individuals, rather than through their husbands. Because many policies are based on the assumption that productive and consumption units are households headed by males, and because of the construction of a new form of ‘family’, there is a possibility that women will be re‐defined as dependents and thus lose much of their autonomy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	(also published in N. Nelson (ed.) African Women in the Development Process Frank Cass, 1981)
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 1981 Published
Item ID:	18015
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2016 10:19
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2017 11:00
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18015

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