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FROM POVERTY TO POWER  - OXFAM

 

Background Paper by Caroline Sweetman

 

Women's Property Rights

 in an Era of HIV

 

"One impact of HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has been an increase in the number of poor, female-headed households. With particular reference to Kenya, this paper argues that under customary law, women's rights to own and inherit property are often limited and secondary to those of men. Women who become widows are disproportionately likely to lose their homes, land, and other assets, placing themselves and their children at risk of destitution and exploitation......The author suggests that the threat that HIV and AIDS poses to national development may spur activists and governments to make greater efforts to ensure women's property rights......"

 

 

 

 

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