Gender Differences in Land Inheritance and Schooling Investment in Ghana's Western Region

UN Study focus of WUNRN

Juridical Aspects

A.1.International Convenant on Civil & Political Rights

B.1.CEDAW

Factual Aspects

C Status of Women in the Family

1.Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy

4.Inheritance & Property

D.2.Cruelty to Widows

Full UN Study Text:

139."Cultural prejudices often limit women from managing their own property or that

shared with their husbands."

141."Inheritance by women is a sensitive subject and varies widely across religions and cultures.

UN Study Conclusions & Recommendations

A.Internal Measures

1.Prevention

198.(iii)Religious and cultural customs should not block equal rights in marriage and divorce

(v)"Laws should be abrogated or amended to conform to international

provisions on ... property, nationality, and civil status.

F.1.Right to Education

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Are Wealth Transfers Biased Against Girls? Gender Differences in Land Inheritance and Schooling Investment in Ghana's Western Region
Initial Text: FCND Discussion Paper Brief No. 186. Wealth transfers, Gender, Ghana. Discussion Paper 154 his study explores evolutionary changes in education and land inheritance patterns over three successive generations of Akan and non- Akan people in Ghanas Western Region. The study responds to the growing concern about the erosi
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