Record Topic: Widows
Differentiation of Women’s Land Tenure Security in Southern Africa
Full citation: Paradza, G.G., "Differentiation of Women's Land Tenure Security in South Africa," 12 ILC WORKING PAPER (March 2011).
Women’s Access to Land and Household Bargaining Power: A comparative action-research project in patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Malawi
Assisting Kayole Widows in Gaining Control to Family Land: Special focus on widows married in Rachuonyo and Siaya Districts in Luo Nyanza
The Perils of Widowhood
CONTINUE READING The Perils of Widowhood 1 min read
Solomon Islands Wills, Probate and Administration Act
Ghana Registration of Births and Deaths
Cote d’Ivoire Succession Law
Gender Inequality in Inheritance Laws: The Case of Agricultural Land in India
A Landesa paper that "explores the legal complexities related to inheritance of agricultural land by women in India."
Women’s Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India
Full citation: Deininger, K., Goyal, A. and Nagarajan, H., "Women's Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India," 46 THE JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOUCES 2 (2013). – Using inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals, this study assesses the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act, which grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights […]
