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Women victims of stoning: Interview with Asieh Amini

Asieh Amini, an activist and journalist involved with the Stop Stoning Forever Campaign, details her experience on a fact finding mission to Mashhad and Jolfa to research reported stoning cases.  These cases were important because they were the first widely broadcasted instances of stoning...

Women's Land and Property Rights in Three Eastern Africa Countries

This paper reviews the reality of women’s land and property rights in three Eastern Africa countries: Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia. It considers legal and other impediments hindering these rights in situations of conflict and reconstruction. It also outlines the practical problems faced by women in...

Women's land rights and the challenge of patriarchy: lessons from ozalla community, Edo state, Nigeria
This paper examines women's land rights and the challenge of patriarchy in Ozalla community, in a bid to guarantee gender equity and social justice by reducing the level of discrimination and ensuring that women have rights to fertile agricultural land so as to arrest to an appreciable extent the...
Women's Land Rights and the Trap of Neo-Conservatism: A Response to Jackson
In response to Cecile Jackson's article, Agarwal argues here that Jackson has seriously misrepresented her work, often attributing the opposite of what she has said, and turned nuanced and balanced formulations into one-sided extremes. She seeks to correct the important misrepresentations, as well...
Women, Property and Power
This article explores certain contradictions surrounding women and their holding of power within Yoruba culture taking into account a number of factors including women’s access to land and property.
WOMEN: A special issue about FGM

This material covers various areas/topics on FGM. It is an advocacy manual for the eradication of FGM and an awareness-raising tool for policy makers. It is available in English and Arabic. 

Women’s access and rights to land and property in Pakistan

In Pakistan, livelihoods of rural men and women revolve around arable land. Land as an asset is one of the basic physical resources which provide food, space for livestock and home. It is also a source of security and power. In fact land ownership is an important determinant of social status in...

Women’s Access to and Ownership of Land and Property in Batticaloa, Jaffna and the Vanni Conducted in CARE Lift Villages

The report looks at various issues pertaining to women’s ownership and control of land and property in specific areas in the North and East of Sri Lanka affected by the conflict. The report discusses practical difficulties women face in accessing and owning land, legal provisions that affect...

Women’s Inheritance Rights in Nigeria
This paper has five sections. The first will develop the normative framework for examining the issues. This framework will focus on the importance of the cultural transformation approach in informing the analysis. The second section will set out the sources of law in Nigeria, particularly focusing...
Women’s inheritance rights to land in South Asia: A study of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

The study reviews the formal and customary laws and practices governing the rights of women to inherit land in six South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The study includes an analysis of existing laws and customs and their impact on inheritance...