23 August 2017
The subtext of all these personal laws, regardless of religion, is that women are not equal to men.
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down triple talaq should be the trigger to generate a candid debate on religion-based personal laws in the country
By: Rina Chandran
Date: November 2nd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
CHAKSU, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Days before she was married 18 years ago, K. Bina Devi and her sister were called to the living room of the family home where they lived with their parents and four brothers.
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 22 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Marginalised low-caste Dalits are fighting against victimisation and demanding land that is owed to them
By: Samuel Karanja and Jacqueline Kubania
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Even though the country has made significant gains in empowering women, female genital mutilation (FGM), rape and domestic violence remain some of the biggest threats that girls and women face daily
By: Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Date: November 2nd 2016
Source: Daily Mirror
The law relating to land rights and land contracts in Sri Lanka have been embedded in a complex web of statutes that existed since the year 1863. This was during the colonial rule, a period in which the patriarchal system
By Zabihullah Noori
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In conservative Afghanistan, properties usually registered to men but there are plans to issue joint ownership rights to married couples
By: Betty Mutesi (International Alert)
Date: August 23rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rwanda's women have equal rights in law. But the government and regular Rwandans must confront the country's systems of discrimination
In rural Rwanda, as in most developing countries, owning and
By: Rina Chandran
Date: November 16th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts related to land and resources are the main reason behind stalled industrial and development projects in India, affecting millions of people and putting billions of dollars