The U.N. Study states, "Cultural prejudices often limit women from managing their own property or that shared with their husbands. Inheritance by women is a sensitive subject and varies widely across religions and cultures. For example, Hindu personal status may exclude women from inheritance in Bangladesh, and elsewhere customary or written law may be discriminatory to women when husbands or fathers die, as where indigenous law applies in Guatemala." There are positives in the study, "Religious texts should be analyzed in their historical context where they may be reducing discrimination."

The organizations listed below address these and other issues on C.4. Inheritance & Property. Click on the title of an organization to view an abstract of their work and how to contact them. Click on the news and research buttons to check and see if there is additional information on C.4. Inheritance & Property.

Women's NGO'S
European Women’s Lobby (EWL)
Guild of Service
UN NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva
UN NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
WOMANKIND Worldwide

Human Rights NGO'S
Rights and Democracy–Droits et Democratie
Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR)
Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
UN NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Geneva
UN NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, New York

Religions & Associations
Springs Ministries, Kenya Widows & Orphans Program

Academic Institutions
Fatima Seedat

Civil Society
Social Harmony and Development Organization (SHADO)

Governments
Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

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