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Karin Kleinbooi
- Researcher: Land Policy and Rights
Email:
kkleinbooi@plaas.org.za
Phone:
(021) 959-3729
Biography:
Karin Kleinbooi holds a Social Work degree from the University of Stellenbosch. Before joining PLAAS she was employed at a rights-based NGO in Stellenbosch for five years, researching and advocating farm workers’ and dwellers’ land and labour rights and developed an interest in the scope and the impact of international agricultural labour standards. Prior to that, she worked as a research assistant at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch and her work focused on migration and population studies.In May 2004 she joined PLAAS as a researcher. Her research experience is in existing and emerging land policy issues, farm labour, women’s land rights and monitoring and evaluation of land reform implementation in South Africa. She is currently broadening her scope of work in regional land reform in Southern Africa.
Education:
- BA Social Work (Stellenbosch)
WORKSHOP: Can land and agrarian reform in South Africa create opportunities for smallholder farmers and help reduce rural poverty?