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Property Rights of Women in Nigeria as Impediment to Full Realisation of Economic and Social Rights
The paper examines the legal effect of economic and social rights in Nigeria and relates this to the property rights of women in the capacity of a daughter, a wife and a widow. It argues that the property rights of women in its practical manifestation does not actualise  economic and social...
Recent Developments in the Land Law of the Sudan: A Legislative Analysis
Redefining the boundaries of control : post-colonial tenure policies and dynamics of social and tenure change in western Niger
Respect, Protect and Fulfill: legislating for women’s rights in the context of HIV/AIDS
Legislation can be instrumental in impeding or promoting initiatives to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The widespread legal, social, economic and political ramifications of the epidemic make it necessary to review and reform a broad range of laws. Within a context of entrenched gender...
Rights of widows to inherit property in a civil marriage where there was neither will nor children; inheritor of the property upon her death

A legal response prepared for the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada which states that Nigerian law provides for a widow of a civil marriage to be entitled to the couple's property upon the death of her husband. However, both stated that the Nigerian reality is different and that this right...

Rights of Women and Access to Land in Sénégal: a Citizenship to be Conquered
The feminization of poverty in Sénégal seems largely related to women's difficulty in accessing resources, notably land. Patrilinear modes of social organization persist despite the existence of laws protecting the rights of women. Several studies have attempted to explain the persistence of gender...
Rural women and farmland in Niger
Securing land for herders in Niger

Pastoralists in Niger are mobilising in an attempt to affirm their rights to home grazing territories. Their associations will be involved in consultations about the draft Pastoral Code, which should be written over the next three years, and it is their hope that this opportunity to re-examine...

Securing the commons in an era of privatisation: policy and legislative challenges

The focus of the workshop, and of this report, is on the policy and legislative challenges raised by the commons in an era where many vocal actors see privatisation as the only way forward. Such challenges are examined at different levels: local (local agreements for the shared management of...

Senegal: Country Profile
This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Senegal is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related...