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Women and Property Rights

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Afghanistan
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
equal rights
land law
property law
land rights
property
property rights
marital property rights
women
While there is no right to land codified in international human rights law, the Convention for the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), provides for women’s right to own and inherit property without discrimination on the basis of sex. Afghanistan ratified CEDAW in 2003, without reservations. CEDAW (Article 14) also calls for rural women to have equal access to economic opportunities, to credit and loans, social security programs, and to adequate living conditions, including access to housing.
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Women and Land in the Muslim World

Pathways to increase access to land for the realization of development, peace and human rights

Reports & Research
February, 2018
Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Global
Land & Gender
displacement
gender equity in access to land
housing rights
Islamic law
land access
land inheritance rights
land rights
legal empowerment
sustainable development
women
This 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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Afghanistan country fact sheets on land governance: Policy & Institutional Contexts

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Afghanistan
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land policies
land grabbing
land rights
land conflicts
Indigenous Peoples
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Afghanistan country fact sheets on land governance: Policy & Institutional Contexts

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2012
Afghanistan
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land policies
land grabbing
land rights
land conflicts
Indigenous Peoples

This country profile has been compiled as part of a series of country factsheets particularly prepared for Dutch embassies developing a strategic analysis on food security and water. The factsheets present the relevant policy and institutional contexts with respect to land governance for each of the 15 selected countries. They have been updated in July 2012.
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Women’s Inheritance Rights to Land and Property in South Asia

Reports & Research
January, 2009
Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land rights
women
This is a 2009 study undertaken by the Rural Development Institute, now Landesa, and authored by Elisa Scalise. It focuses on six South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and addresses both formal and customary laws and pratices governing women's inheritance rights.