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This paper discusses the challenges related to protecting women’s rights to land in rural Tanzania. It examines Tanzania’s land reform from 1999 and argues that although the legal framework for equality is in place, discriminatory practices persist at formal as well as at customary institutions, inhibiting women’s access to land. The authors argue that consideration of women’s rights should therefore be included in every activity that relates to land, land administration and land dispute settlement, from policy formation, through implementation, to evaluation.