Women do 70 per cent of the agricultural work in Senegal, but according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), own only two percent of the land that may be cultivated. Although property laws in countries such as Senegal, Tunisia and Burkina Faso recognise women' s and men's equal rights, and Islam gives women the right to inherit half what men inherit, in practice men retain land ownership. Women are dependent on fathers or husbands for land.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesAbril, 2003Burkina Faso, Túnez, Senegal, África occidental, Asia occidental, África septentrional
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Pathways to increase access to land for the realization of development, peace and human rights
Informes e investigacionesFebrero, 2018Egipto, Marruecos, Túnez, Níger, Senegal, Indonesia, Malasia, Afganistán, Bangladesh, Maldivas, Iraq, Jordania, Líbano, Palestina, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, GlobalThis publication provides practical and evidence-based guidance on how to improve women’s access to land as an essential element to achieve social and economic development and enjoyment of human rights, peace and stability in the specific context of the Muslim world. The challenges faced by women living in Muslim contexts do not substantially differ from those faced by women in other parts of the world: socially prescribed gender roles, unequal power dynamics, discriminatory family practices, unequal access to justice are the most common.
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Library ResourceConvenciones internacionales o TratadosEnero, 1979Egipto, Libia, Marruecos, Sudán, Túnez, Burundi, Comoras, Djibouti, Eritrea, Etiopía, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauricio, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Camerún, República Centroafricana, Chad, Guinea Ecuatorial, Gabón, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Lesotho, Namibia, Sudáfrica, Esuatini, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leona, Togo, Cuba, Dominica, República Dominicana, Granada, Haití, Jamaica, Saint Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, Trinidad y Tabago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Canadá, Estados Unidos de América, Kazajstán, Kirguistán, Tayikistán, Turkmenistán, Uzbekistán, China, Japón, Mongolia, Camboya, Indonesia, Malasia, Myanmar, Filipinas, Tailandia, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, India, Irán, Maldivas, Nepal, Pakistán, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordania, Kuwait, Líbano, Omán, Qatar, Arabia Saudita, Siria, Turquía, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Yemen, Bulgaria, República Checa, Hungría, Moldavia, Polonia, Rumania, Rusia, Eslovaquia, Ucrania, Dinamarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Islandia, Irlanda, Letonia, Lituania, Noruega, Suecia, Reino Unido, Croacia, Grecia, Italia, Macedonia del Norte, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Eslovenia, España, Francia, Alemania, Liechtenstein, Luxemburgo, Países Bajos, Nueva Zelandia, Fiji, Papua Nueva Guinea, Islas Salomón, Kiribati, Islas Marshall, Nauru, Palau, Islas Cook, Niue, Samoa, Tonga
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:
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