Gender and property relations among pastoral communities of Karamoja

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Title:	Gender and property relations among pastoral communities of Karamoja
Author:	Tindifa, Sam
Year:	2014
Periodical:	East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights (ISSN 1021-8858)
Volume:	20
Issue:	2
Pages:	368-394
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Uganda
Subjects:	pastoralists gender inequality government policy
Abstract:	Pastoralist women in Karamoja fall in the category of indigenous people. Before pastoralism was disrupted by colonialism, pastoralist communities were predominantly matriarchal and derived their livelihoods from a natural economy, which defined the division of labour. There was gender equality and women just like men had economic and political power. They were the custodians of knowledge, tradition and culture. However, patriarchally dominated colonial political economy changed the social, economic and political relations and set up of pastoralist communities, which transformed the nature and scope of duties and tasks for women and men. This resulted in the marginalization of women. Uganda has a gender policy which among others is to mainstream gender in policies and legislation. However, the focus of gender mainstreaming is on women in general, which leaves pastoralist women in a peripheral position. The author argues that development policies should be disaggregated to ensure that those on the margins are taken care of. Ref., sum. [Journal abstract]