Legal Network for Women's Inheritance and Property Rights
WOMEN AND LAW IN SOUTHERN AFRICA RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST-MALAWI (WLSA MALAWI) AND WOMEN INHERITANCE NOW – AFRICA Discussion on matrimonial property rights as regards issues of HIV and AIDS (Part 1) and also children (Part 2). PART 1 I. Judges Discussion on matrimonial property rights [...]
WOMEN AND LAW IN SOUTHERN AFRICA RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST-MALAWI (WLSA MALAWI) AND WOMEN INHERITANCE NOW – AFRICA Recognizing Non-Monetary Contribution by Married Women to Controlling and Owning Of Matrimonial Property Judges Discussion on the subject [...]
by Welshman Ncube Most countries of the world have at one time or another been confronted with questions of what principles or rules should guide the courts in readjusting the property rights of spouses at the dissolution of their marriage. See more…Matrimonial Property in Zimbabwe[1]
NEW SOUTH WALES LAW REFORM COMMISSION DISCUSSION PAPER 44 REVIEW OF THE PROPERTY (RELATIONSHIPS) ACT 1984 (NSW) SUBMISSION BY THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, read the report: NSW Law Reform Commission Review of Property Act[1]
November 22, 2011 | by Tamar Ezer Article found at http://blog.soros.org/2011/11/victory-for-women-in-malawi/ November has been a good month for women in Malawi. Parliament finally recognized that women have the right to inherit from the marital estate. In the past, after the death of her husband, a woman and her children were often left with nothing, no [...]
Widows’ and orphans’ property disputes: the impact of AIDS in Rakai District, Uganda by Chris Roy Read more…Property Disputes AIDS in Uganda[1]
This briefing discusses the position of customary marriages before the reform of the customary law of marriage and the effect of the constitutional provisions that accommodate both culture and gender equality. Reflecting on the debates that took place to accommodate cultural and equality rights, it focuses on the approaches adopted in changing the customary law [...]
Written by Dr. Debie LeBeau, Eunice Iipinge and Michael Conteh with legal analysis by Dianne Hubbard and Evelyn Zimba of the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) Edited by Gudrun Reimers Grant J. Spence Read the report…Development Alternatives- Inheritance Rights in Namibia[1]
See the report of the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania on the law of succession…Tanzania Law Reform Commission Report on Succession Inheritance[1]
HIV and AIDS have had a devastating impact on the world’s women. In 2008, of the 33.4 million people living with HIV worldwide, 15.7 million, nearly half, were women (UNAIDS, 2009). Grassroots women living in developing regions particularly in Africa and the Caribbean have been especially hard hit. Not only do women seem to be [...]
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