Birgit Englert is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of African Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria; Elizabeth Daley is an independent land consultant

Foreword - Robin PalmerIntroduction: Women's land rights & privatization - Birgit Englert and Elizabeth DaleyBreathing life into dead theories about property rights in rural Africa: lessons from Kenya - Celestine Nyamu Musembi'Go home & clear the conflict': human rights perspectives on gender & land in Tanzania - Ingunn IkdahlGender, uenyeji, wealth, confidence & land in Kinyanambo: the impact of commoditization, rural-urban change & land registration on women's land rights in Mufindi District, Tanzania - Elizabeth DaleyChanging land rights & gendered discourses: examples from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania - Birgit EnglertFalling between two stools: how women's rights to land are lost between state law & customary law in Apac District, Northern Uganda - Judy AdokoFalling between two stools: how women's rights to land are lost between state law & customary law in Apac District, Northern Uganda - Simon LevineStruggling with in-laws & corruption in Kombewa Division, Kenya: the impact of HIV/AIDS on widows' & orphans' land rights - Samwel Ong'wen OkuroWomen & land arrangements in Rwanda: a gender-based analysis of access to natural resources - An AnsomsWomen & land arrangements in Rwanda: a gender-based analysis of access to natural resources - Nathalie HolvoetAfterword: securing women's land rights

In the context of increasing privatization and land reform these case studies reveal how reforms impact on women's rights to land and how these rights are contested or upheld.