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Gender, equity & access issues

Removing discrimination against women in property & inheritance rights (pdf 124kb)

This report explores the extent to which women's equal property and inheritance rights, as mandated by international human rights standards, are protected at the national level.

It is divided into three parts:

- Brief introduction to the human rights and gender equality framework for inheritance rights and the rationale for monitoring inheritance rights
- Overview at country level of factors restricting the human rights of women
- Constitutions of a cross section of countries tabulated and analysed

 

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