Topics and Regions Global Land & Gender gender equity in access to land land rights marital property rights property rights women Gayle Lemmon Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of Ashley's War and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, both New York Times best sellers. 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Reforming Women's Property Rights in Afghanistan Reforming Women's Property Rights in Afghanistan Becky Allen Gayle Tzemach Lemmon By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon and Becky Allen, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
