Factors like strong patrilineality and patrilocality, as well as women's inferior landrights and lesser involvement in trade, made women more dependent on men than was generally the case in Ghana.
They view the intervention as a return to the official paternalism that prevailed before the aborigines won their long battle for landrights 35 years ago.
他们认为这种干预制度是家长式制度的回归，35年前土著人获得土地权利，而之前家长式制度十分风行。
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Two years later, several women in two districts of Amhara say they've gained new confidence along with their landrights.