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Community Organizations Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
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COHRE

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The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) was a Geneva-based international non-governmental organisation founded in 1994 by Scott Leckie as a foundation in the Netherlands (Stichting COHRE). [wikipedia]

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The Impact of National Land Policy and Land Reform on Women in Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2010
Uganda
Africa

Includes background to women’s land rights in Uganda; lack of information; prevailing cultural attitudes that discriminate against women; lack of formal land ownership by women; lack of participation of women in land policy formulation; exclusion of women in matters of land inheritance; lack of access to justice; gaps in the ongoing land reform process; conclusions and recommendations.

The Impact of National Land Policy and Land Reform on Women in Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2010
Uganda
Africa

Includes background to women’s land rights in Uganda; lack of information; prevailing cultural attitudes that discriminate against women; lack of formal land ownership by women; lack of participation of women in land policy formulation; exclusion of women in matters of land inheritance; lack of access to justice; gaps in the ongoing land reform process; conclusions and recommendations.

The Impact of National Land Policy and Land Reform on Women in Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2010
Uganda
Africa

Includes background to women’s land rights in Uganda; lack of information; prevailing cultural attitudes that discriminate against women; lack of formal land ownership by women; lack of participation of women in land policy formulation; exclusion of women in matters of land inheritance; lack of access to justice; gaps in the ongoing land reform process; conclusions and recommendations.

Inheritance Rights of Children in Sri Lanka

Reports & Research
November, 2008
Sri Lanka

ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION: 

This report provides an in depth analysis of the inheritance rights of children in Sri Lanka. Chapter 2 looks at inheritance rights of children from a human rights perspective. It examines the international human rights instruments which guarantee the right to adequate housing of children and which aim to protect their inheritance rights. It analyses the essential components of the right to adequate housing and looks at Sri Lanka’s obligations to protect and promote these rights.

Women, slums and urbanisation: examining the causes and consequences

January, 2008
Eastern Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Oceania
Southern Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanising, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time in human history, the majority of people today are no longer living in rural areas, but rather in cities. This report examines the worldwide phenomenon of urbanisation from the point of view of women’s housing rights.