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Non-existence within existence: a case study of the excessive burden placed on women peasants in two villages in the Halimun Ecosystem

This paper was presented at the International Conference on Land and Resource Tenure, Jakarta, 11-13 October 2004. The writer was part of a panel of women speaking on the theme of women and tenurial rights. For further information see www....

Okara women struggle for land rights
This is a letter which highlights the role of women in the  struggle for land in Okara and also the role of women workers helpline in assisting these women.
Pakistan ranks 104th in International Property Rights for women
Article discusses a study done  on property rights of women in Pakistan which has found that despite the fact that 98 percent of the Pakistani population is Muslim and the religion Islam gives the right of inheritance to all inheritors either male or female, this right is not enjoyed in...
Pakistan: The tenants’ struggle on Okara Military Farms

This article reports on the conflict between the military farm administrations and the tenants at Okara Military farms when the former forcibly tried to replace the age-old crop-sharing system of cultivation with cash-rent and yearly lease system. The tenants who had tilled the land through...

Penkalin Nilam: A study on women’s land rights in the post-tsunami resettlement process in Batticaloa, Batticaloa, Suriya
This publication documents the unique customary land holding patterns in the East of Sri Lanka which became invisible from national policy discussions on resettlement following the tsunami disaster of 2004 as well as advocacy efforts by the Women’s Coalition for Disaster Management (WCDM) based in...
Policy Makers Guide to Women’s Land, Property and Housing Rights Across the World
This guide is a summary and comparative analysis of the research series on urban land and housing policies and gender, commissioned by the Land and Tenure section of the Shelter Branch of UN habitat between 2004 and 2005. This research comprised of regional reviews of selected Latin American...
Post conflict land challenges in Muslim contexts
Post Tsunami: Women and their right to own property: Report of 100 case studies from the Southern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka

The study examines Tsunami Housing Policy of April 2006 which provided guidelines to allocate a house for a house, which in practice meant that male heads of household received the certificate of ownership even when the property was originally owned by the women members of the family.

Presentation made at the WIPR Capacity Building Workshop, 14-18 June 2010
The presentation focused on the decision of the Religious Appellate Court of Jakarta which recognized women’s equal right to inheritance.
Processus 2006 d’élaboration et de mise en oeuvre du Code Rural au Niger : Bilan et perspectives