CSW, Report of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
2008
This is the report of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women held in 2008. It specifically calls for governments to ensure equal access to productive resources and protection of poor women’s property rights in particular, as well as the increased protection of women’s inheritance rights in the context of HIV/AIDS.
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Action Aid International, “Securing women’s rights to land and livelihoods: a key to ending hunger and fighting AIDS”, AAI Briefing Paper
2008
This report by Action Aid International focuses on women’s land and property rights as one of the most powerful yet most neglected tool to stop the feminisation of the HIV and AIDS epidemic.
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African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, Organisation of African Unity (1986)
This document came into effect in 1986 and represents African countries’ commitment to individual and collective rights. It was created through the then Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) and is now overseen by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. It explicitly commits to non-discrimination against women, while acknowledging...
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, African Union (2005)
This addition to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights explicitly protects women against discrimination and stipulates that women have the right to inherit equitable shares from their parents and from their husband as well as the right to buy and manage their own land. The protocol entered into force in November 2005 when it had been...
Alforo Quesada, Cecilia, If We Can Organize it, We Can Do. Project Planning from a Gender Perspective, IUCN
2000
This is the module for project planning with a gender perspective. It outlines experiences learned by various projects in Central America and provides practical guidelines for how to manage gender equity in the planning process of a project.
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Aliber et al., “The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights: Case Studies from Kenya”, HSRC Publishers
2004
This is a report on research conducted in Kenya to analyse the relationship between property rights and HIV/AIDS. The key finding is that property rights are threatened as a result of HIV/AIDS but that previous literature has overemphasized the degree of tenure insecurity as dispossession and land loss is not always the result of land insecurity. The report bases...
Ambler, Pandolfelli, Kramer and Meinzen-Dick, “Strengthening Women’s Assets and Status: Programs Improving Poor Women’s Lives”
2007
This short article provides three examples of successful projects that have improved women’s lives. The example from Mozambique focuses specifically on the change of property laws towards gender equity and the implementation strategy, which included working with the traditional leaders to produce legal change.
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Amelia, Maria and Trigoso Barantsen, “State of the Art on Women’s Access and Rights to Land in Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru”, Scoping Study, IDRC
2006
This is an IDRC scoping study for Latin America that considers the legal, institutional and socio-cultural context in which women negotiate their access to land. It briefly reviews other studies that have been conducted on the issue and highlights areas for further research
The Beijing Platform for Action, Declaration from the 4th World Conference on Wome (1995)
This document is a declaration by countries participating in the fourth World Conference on Women and represents a major international milestone in the recognition and commitment to women’s rights, including rights to property and natural resources.
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Berg, Nina, Haley Horan and Deena Patel, “Women’s Inheritance and Property Rights: A Vehicle to Accelerate Progress Towards the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals”, IDLO Legal Empowerment Working Paper Series n. 13
2009
Strengthening women’s inheritance and property rights can be an effective means of decreasing poverty and increasing gender equality, and thereby accelerating progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development...
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