A Field of One's Own

Gender and Land Rights in South Asia

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by Bina Agarwal

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published November 1994, 594 pages, paper

ISBN 0521429269

Few women own land and even fewer control it in rural South Asia. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including field research, this text addresses the reason for this imbalance, and inquires as to how the barriers to ownership can be overcome.