WUNRN
Open Society Foundations
Direct Link to Full 15-Page 2014
Publication:
The
publication, developed in partnership with the Global Initiative for Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, addresses the fact that in many parts of the world,
women’s rights to land and property are systematically denied. Laws give women
fewer or less secure rights than men, and discriminatory attitudes and
practices undermine them. This leaves many women almost entirely dependent on
the men in their lives for basic economic survival and vulnerable to violence,
poverty, and food insecurity, particularly if widowed, divorced, single,
or in marriages not formally recognized.
The text
identifies international human rights law and advocacy strategies that can be
used to strengthen the enjoyment of human rights related to land and other
productive resources, and specifically addresses how such law and advocacy can
have positive impact on the HIV pandemic and on ending violence against women
as well as enhancing food security.
The publication
also highlights that in order for women’s equality to be achieved, rights must
be protected in both law and practice. Making rights a reality for women
requires working both to strengthen the legal standards that protect women’s
rights and transforming biased cultural norms and practices that discriminate
against women.
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