Land Rights and Empowerment of Urban Women, Fa’afafine and Fakaleitī in Samoa and Tonga

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Land Rights and Empowerment of Urban Women, Fa’afafine and Fakaleitī in Samoa and Tonga

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

Description

The thesis addresses significant gaps in the existing knowledge on land rights in the Pacific, which are the voices of urban women, fa’afafine, and fakaleitī1. The lands concerned are customary land in Samoa, and Crown owned land in Tonga. The knowledge in the thesis relates to human rights, dignity, gender equality, urban planning, empowerment, and land tenure. The study used a methodological approach that is a combination of Critical Feminist Theory and a relational Pacific approach called ...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Sumeo, Saunoamaali'i Karanina

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10482

Related subjects

Land / Women / Fa'afafine / Fakaleitī / Va / Empowerment

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