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This archive is a collection of products - videos, presentations, essays, press releases, advocacy materials, briefing papers, and many more - from the projects supported by the WRRC Programme. Every project is described and the related products attached. The archive can be searched by theme, country or type of product. This site is intended as a resource for activists, organisations, development professionals, and interested experts.   

24/8/2011
Advocacy/Awareness-raising around the Qanun Jinayat, a project by Koalisi NGO HAM Aceh, Indonesia
23/8/2011
Women’s rights to agricultural land in State laws, Muslim laws and customary laws, a project with Réseau des Femmes Pour la Paix (REFEPA), Niger

REFEPA’s goal in this project was to give voice to women to assert their rights to property and inheritance in the context of State laws, Muslim laws and customary laws. The project undertook action research in two sites – Hamdallahi and Kollo Zarma – and used the following strategies to achieve the above goal:

23/8/2011
Women’s Rights Club, a project with Foundation of Solidarity for Justice, Afghanistan

This project was implemented by the Foundation of Solidarity for Justice (FSJ), an organisation that has been working in Afghanistan to promote human rights, especially the rights of victims from the conflicts of the past three decades. Women’s Rights Club is FSJ’s new initiative to bring together people from different sectors of society to discuss controversial issues related to Afghan women’s rights within tradition and religion, and to raise public awareness about their rights, including rights to inheritance and property.

23/8/2011
WIPR network at the World Social Forum (7-9 February 2011, Dakar, Senegal)

The multi-country network on Women's Inheritance and Property Rights (WIPR) organised panels at the World Social Forum (7-9 February 2011, Dakar), which focused on three key topics:

23/8/2011
Reinforcing Women’s Human rights through National Gender policy under Shariah, a project of the Center for the Rights of Women and Children (CERIWOC), Nigeria

Zamfara is the first State to implement full shariah Legal System in Nigeria, thereby occupying a strategically important position in the Political Systems of the predominantly Muslim North of Nigeria . Although Islam guarantees rights of women,  in practice, women are deprived of their sexuality rights and in some cases subjected to unjust disadvantages in the name of  ‘shariah’.

23/8/2011
Project on Sexuality and Reproductive Health and Rights Education for women and Girls in a Catholic Church, a project of Center for Advancement of Development Rights (CEADER), Nigeria

CEADER’s organizational goal is to increase women’s capacity to overcome poverty and increase their participation in development activity.   CEADER works to promote and protect economic and social rights. The right to health, including reproductive and sexual rights and other components of health care are categorized under economic and social rights. Furthermore, CEADER’s projects in slum communities seek to address sexuality and reproductive issues amongst slum.  

22/8/2011
WIPR participation in the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15 (Oct 22-24 October 2009, Quezon City, Philippines)

The WIPR Working Group participated in the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15 (Oct 22-24 October 2009, Quezon City, Philippines) by producing a position paper “Addressing men-made disasters: how women have been dispossessed of rights to land, food security and livelihood”, which waspresented on its behalf by Roya Rahmani at the Forum.

 

22/8/2011
Women’s rights to property and inheritance of land, a project with Mutawinat Benevolent Company, Sudan

This project, implemented by Mutawinat Benevolent Company(Mutawinat), sought to secure inheritance rights of Muslim women, which are generally denied in customary practice, even though their rights are recognised in Muslim laws. The project addressed the lack of public awareness of such rights and the stigmatisation of women who demand their inheritance. 

Mutawinat adopted a strategy that included the following aspects:

22/8/2011
WRRC projects with Semarak Cerlang Nusa, Indonesia

Semarak Cerlang Nusa had three projects under the Women's Inheritance and Property Rights working group:

22/8/2011
Capacity Building Workshop on Women’s Inheritance and Property Rights (WIPR), Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 – 17 June 2010

While the first face-to-face WIPR meeting in June 2009 in Dakar, Senegal, had included only working group members, the second face-to-face meeting included working group members and representatives of eight organisations, which had been selected as project partners. In late 2009, in response to a call for proposals, the proposals of these eight organisations had selected through a rigorous review process, out of a total of sixteen proposals received. A second face-to-face workshop was thus organised to build the capacity of these partners to support the implementation of their projects.