ABSTRACT
Over the last two decades, African countries (primarily in eastern and southern Africa) that have undergone land tenure reform have recognized the importance of women’s land rights and increased tenure security, but also the formidable challenge of reconciling statutory and customary tenure regimes (Chigbu et al. 2015). In West and Central African countries, which have lagged behind due to political crisis and civil conflicts, some countries (Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Senegal) have recently started new waves of land reforms and other sectoral reforms to move away from the colonial and postcolonial legacy.
