“Our daughters inherit our land, but our sons use their wives' fields”: matrilineal-matrilocal land tenure and the New Land Policy in Malawi

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Gender, Weather Shocks and Welfare: Evidence from Malawi (2018, background): “Even if village chiefs are usually men, in matrilineal societies brothers consult sisters during important community decisions, such as the treatment of illness and disputes (Peters, 2010).”
The gender implications of large-scale land deals: (2011, unknown): “For example, in regions of Malawi traditionally dominated by matrilineal–matrilocal land tenure regimes, the introduction of formal titles led to erosion in women's land rights, as the male household head was consistently designated the official title holder (Peters 2010).”
Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Soil Conservation. Evidence from Malawi (2013, background): “Initially started as a form of land borrowing between relatives, it has evolved over the past 20 years into one-season-long informal renting agreements mostly between non-relatives (Peters, 2010).”
Land appropriation, surplus people and a battle over visions of agrarian futures in Africa (2013, background): “…with matrilocal (uxorilocal) residence, where only daughters inherit lineage land, the policy would actually disinherit millions of women (P.E. Peters 2010).10 Critical research by scholars and activists Central themes in critical research on land at the beginning of the new millennium are:…”