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WRRC Bibliography: Women's Inheritance and Property Rights, Sri Lanka

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"Dowry in Batticaloa: Historical transformation of a matrilineal property system"
"Dreaming of Dowry: post tsunami housing strategies in Eastern Sri Lanka"
"Household in Akkaraipattu: Dowry and Domestic Organization among Matrilineal Tamils and Moors of Sri Lanka"
This paper describes and analyses the pattern of descent, marriage and household organization shared by Muslims and Tamils in the town of Akkaraipattu in the matrilineal belt of Sri Lanka, the Tamil-speaking, eastern coastal region.
A Gender Analysis of Tsunami Impact: Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction in some Districts in Sri Lanka
This report presents the findings of a study supported by UNIFEM and coordinated by the Center for Women’s Research in the period March – September 2005. The research for the study was done by seven women’s organizations who linked with their partner community based organizations in six districts...
A socio-legal study on the Head of the Household concept in Sri Lanka

The study sought to understand the origins and the use of the Head of the Household concept in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the tsunami as it was used to disentitle women of post tsunami state allocated lands.

A Transformation of customary marriage and Inheritance Laws of the Sinhalese under British Colonialism
All Her Worldly Goods: Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights
Caste and Matriclan Structures in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Preliminary Report on Fieldwork in Akkaraipattu
Gender Sensitive Guidelines on Implementing the Tsunami Housing Policy

The Tsunami Housing Policy states that cash grants are supposed to go to the owner of the previous land/house. In practice the cash allocations have been deposited into existing bank accounts which were used earlier to deposit tsunami assistance grants of Rupees 5000 (about $49). In most cases...

Is Land Just for Men?

Critiquing Discriminatory Laws, Regulations and Administrative Practices relating to Land and Property Rights of Women in Sri Lanka, Colombo, Law and Society Trust. This is a review of national and provincial laws, regulations and administrative practices in Sri Lanka relating to women’s land...