Women's Inheritance and Property Rights

WRRC work on women’s inheritance and property rights focused on strategies to counter the disempowering uses of ‘culture’ (including religion,  beliefs, customs and traditions) in three key areas:

  1. Women’s right to inherit land and other forms of property
  2. Women’s right to meher (bridewealth), as provided for in Muslim marriages
  3. Women’s access to land under the control of the State or customary authorities

A Working Group carried out the work and supported strategies of eight partners in seven countries:

3 results
Mapping and Consolidation Meeting on Women's Inheritance and Property Rights, 7-9 June 2009, Dakar, Senegal

... To discuss the issue that women face in relation to the theme of this working group and define the scope of work within the WRRC ... To produce an Action Plan and budget for work on this theme (WIPR) To establish or revise coordination and communication ...

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WIPR network at the World Social Forum (7-9 February 2011, Dakar, Senegal)

... of great resource people Relevance of issues and the theme itself Politicisation of the issue beyond domestic confines ...

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WIPR Working Papers

... papers for the women's inheritance and property rights theme were written under the WRRC Programme: 'Women’s land rights and ...

WRRC - shaina - 08/31/2011 - 11:00 - 0 attachments