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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