Gender Perspectives on Property and Inheritance

Gender Perspectives on Property and Inheritance
Author: Sarah Cummings
Publisher: Oxfam
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This title features contributions from the South addressing gender equality and inheritance rights at the household level. Disparities between customary law, family law, and the official legal system are discussed with regard to property rights, marriage, land rights and inheritance. Each article covers the current situation and experiences of violation of women's personal rights and provides policy tools to bring about improvement. Material from across the developing world is included in the annotated bibliography and the resources section. Published in association with KIT Publishers.

Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya

Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0821369202

This book examines the legal, administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing women in Kenya from contributing fully to the Kenyan economy. Building on the 2004 FIAS Improving the Commercial Legal Framework and Removing Administrative and Regulatory Barriers to Investment report, this study looks at the bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a gender lens.

Rights and Reality

Rights and Reality
Author: Marjolein Benschop
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2002
Genre: Housing
ISBN: 9789211316636

Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon

Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon
Author: Lotsmart N. Fonjong
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9956726834

This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nexus between the reluctance to recognize and materialize women's right to land, and the increasing feminization of poverty is undeniable. The problem assumes special acuity in an essentially agrarian context like Cameroon, where the problem is not so much the law as its manner of application. That this book delves into investigating the principal sources and reasons for this prevalent injustice is particularly welcome. As some of the analyses reveal, denying women their right to land acquisition or inheritance is sometimes contrary to established judicial precedents and even in total dissonance with the country's constitution. Traditional and cultural shibboleths associated with land acquisition and ownership that tend to stymie women's development and fulfilment, must be quickly shirked, for such retrograde excuses can no longer find comfort in the law, morality nor in "modern" traditional thinking. The trend, albeit timid, of appointing women to Land Consultative Boards and even as traditional authorities, can only be salutary. These are some positive practical steps that can translate the notion of equal rights into "equal power" over land for both sexes; otherwise "equality" in this context will remain an unattractive slogan.

Women, Business and the Law 2020

Women, Business and the Law 2020
Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 146481533X

The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees across 190 economies. Its goal is to inform policy discussions on how to remove legal restrictions on women and promote research on how to improve women’s economic inclusion.

Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction

Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction
Author: Esther Mwangi
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0812207874

To improve their well-being, the poor in developing countries have used both collective action through formal and informal groups and property rights to natural resources. Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia examines how these two types of institutions, separately and together, influence quality of life and how they can be strengthened to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. The product of a global research study by the Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, this book draws on case studies from East Africa and South and Southeast Asia to investigate how collective action and property rights have contributed to poverty reduction. The book extends the analysis of these institutions beyond their frequently studied role in natural resource management by also examining how they can reduce vulnerability to different types of shocks. Essays in the volume identify opportunities and risks present in the institutions of collective action and property rights. For example, property rights to natural resources can offer a variety of advantages, providing individuals and groups not only with benefits and incomes but also with assets that can counter the negative effects of shocks such as drought, and can make collective action easier. The authors also demonstrate that collective action has the potential to reduce poverty if it includes more vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities, and the very poor. Preventing exclusion of these often-marginalized groups and guaranteeing genuinely inclusive collective action might require special rules and policies. Another danger to the poor is the capture of property rights by elites, which can be the result of privatization and decentralization policies; case studies and analysis identify actions to prevent such elite capture.

Women, Business and the Law 2021

Women, Business and the Law 2021
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2021-04-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1464816530

Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year’s report updates all indicators as of October 1, 2020 and builds evidence of the links between legal gender equality and women’s economic inclusion. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law 2021 makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women’s economic empowerment. Prepared during a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, this edition also includes important findings on government responses to COVID-19 and pilot research related to childcare and women’s access to justice.

Gender and Law

Gender and Law
Author: Lorenzo Cotula
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251055632

Women constitute a large portion of the economically active population engaged in agriculture. International instruments on human rights, the environment and sustainable development reaffirm the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of sex or gender. Yet women often face gendered obstacles in realizing their rights and feeding their families. The right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, may thus not be fulfilled. These obstacles may stem from directly or indirectly discriminatory norms or from entrenched socio-cultural practices, or both. This study analyses the gender dimension of agriculture-related legislation in a selection of different countries around the world, examining the legal status of women in three key areas: rights to land and other natural resources; rights of women agricultural workers; and rights concerning women's agricultural self-employment activities, ranging from women's status in rural cooperatives to their access to credit, training and extension services.