Latest items for IAW-LAW-2
Aug. 31, 2023, 9:36 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Widows are often forced by their late husband’s relatives to marry one of her late husband’s brothers or other male relatives (e.g. cousins), denying widows’ the right to inheritance after the death of her husband and ensuring all inheritance and the widow are kept within the family or tribe" (52).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Widows are often forced by their late husband’s relatives to marry one of her late husband’s brothers or other male relatives (e.g. cousins), denying widows’ the right to inheritance after the death of her husband and ensuring all inheritance and the widow are kept within the family or tribe" (52).
Aug. 29, 2023, 4:22 p.m.
Countries: Liberia
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"After the death or burial of her/their husband, the customary widow or multiple shall be at liberty either to remain on the premises of her/their late husband to administer said estate, or she/they may take another husband of her/their choice and shall vacate the premises of the late husband in as much the new marriage entered automatically reverse said rights and same property return to the heirs or children of the late husband" (4). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2003) relating to inheritance provisions if a widow remarries are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"After the death or burial of her/their husband, the customary widow or multiple shall be at liberty either to remain on the premises of her/their late husband to administer said estate, or she/they may take another husband of her/their choice and shall vacate the premises of the late husband in as much the new marriage entered automatically reverse said rights and same property return to the heirs or children of the late husband" (4). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2003) relating to inheritance provisions if a widow remarries are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:35 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
April 7, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Most female owners I know have inherited their holdings or bought farming including forest" (20).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Most female owners I know have inherited their holdings or bought farming including forest" (20).
April 1, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1, AW-LAW-1
"Major steps have also been taken to eliminate outmoded national customs and traditions that hinder the advancement of women, and article 8 of the Family Code has been amended to state that, in the absence of appropriate norms in the legislation regulating family relations, local customs and traditions shall be applied that do not contradict the principles of Uzbek law." (16)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The regulations of family law and creating rules as to when customs and traditions should take the place of legislation can assist women in terms of divorce, marriage, and inheritance.).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1, AW-LAW-1
"Major steps have also been taken to eliminate outmoded national customs and traditions that hinder the advancement of women, and article 8 of the Family Code has been amended to state that, in the absence of appropriate norms in the legislation regulating family relations, local customs and traditions shall be applied that do not contradict the principles of Uzbek law." (16)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The regulations of family law and creating rules as to when customs and traditions should take the place of legislation can assist women in terms of divorce, marriage, and inheritance.).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1, ADCM-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Pursuant to the General Code, the wife, irrespective of age or duration of marriage, is entitled to the share of her husband’s property. The existing legal framework provides the same entitlement to the divorced wife." (37).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1, ADCM-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Pursuant to the General Code, the wife, irrespective of age or duration of marriage, is entitled to the share of her husband’s property. The existing legal framework provides the same entitlement to the divorced wife." (37).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"During the Somoza dictatorship, supported by the US and its allies, many women lived in slave-like conditions. They were prevented from owning property, accessing health care, directly receiving salaries, or attending formal education" (para 4) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The laws and practices that were in place under the Somoza dictatorship completely barred women from owning land and/or property. This also includes inheritance and/or purchasing of land). "'At the very young age of 11 years (during the Somoza dictatorship), I worked in the fields, the campesino life. I didn’t have land; I was an agricultural worker'" (para 5) (NF - CODER COMMENT - Campesino is Spanish for peasant or...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"During the Somoza dictatorship, supported by the US and its allies, many women lived in slave-like conditions. They were prevented from owning property, accessing health care, directly receiving salaries, or attending formal education" (para 4) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The laws and practices that were in place under the Somoza dictatorship completely barred women from owning land and/or property. This also includes inheritance and/or purchasing of land). "'At the very young age of 11 years (during the Somoza dictatorship), I worked in the fields, the campesino life. I didn’t have land; I was an agricultural worker'" (para 5) (NF - CODER COMMENT - Campesino is Spanish for peasant or...more
Nov. 15, 2022, 11:08 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1, PW-PRACTICE-3
"Women experienced some difficulties pursuing property claims due to lack of knowledge, procedural bias against women in inheritance matters, multiple spousal claims due to polygyny, and the threat of gender-based violence" (34).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1, PW-PRACTICE-3
"Women experienced some difficulties pursuing property claims due to lack of knowledge, procedural bias against women in inheritance matters, multiple spousal claims due to polygyny, and the threat of gender-based violence" (34).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If a woman remarries, she does not lose inheritance" (1).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If a woman remarries, she does not lose inheritance" (1).
July 9, 2021, 1:38 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1, IAD-LAW-1
"The law includes provisions to strengthen property rights for wives, According to an October report by CEDAW, despite the law, much of the country held to the traditions that married women are not entitled to their fathers’ property and that upon remarriage, a woman loses her claim to her deceased husband’s property" (p 35-36).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1, IAD-LAW-1
"The law includes provisions to strengthen property rights for wives, According to an October report by CEDAW, despite the law, much of the country held to the traditions that married women are not entitled to their fathers’ property and that upon remarriage, a woman loses her claim to her deceased husband’s property" (p 35-36).
Feb. 7, 2020, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Although the Civil Code provides for equal inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses, Gabon’s inheritance laws are discriminatory towards widows in practice. This is because, for the 50% of the country’s population in unofficial customary marriages, legal inheritance rights do not apply. In most cases, widows cannot inherit property from their husbands without written authorisation of the family of the deceased. Moreover, they are deprived of their right to live and work on the land or property if they remarry into a family other than that of their deceased spouse. Therefore, widows are obliged to marry within their deceased husband’s family if they wish to receive any benefits...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Although the Civil Code provides for equal inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses, Gabon’s inheritance laws are discriminatory towards widows in practice. This is because, for the 50% of the country’s population in unofficial customary marriages, legal inheritance rights do not apply. In most cases, widows cannot inherit property from their husbands without written authorisation of the family of the deceased. Moreover, they are deprived of their right to live and work on the land or property if they remarry into a family other than that of their deceased spouse. Therefore, widows are obliged to marry within their deceased husband’s family if they wish to receive any benefits...more
Feb. 7, 2020, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"By law, widows cannot inherit property from their husbands without written authorisation of the family of the deceased. Currently, they are deprived of their right of usufruct if they remarry into a family other than that of their deceased spouse" (222)
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"By law, widows cannot inherit property from their husbands without written authorisation of the family of the deceased. Currently, they are deprived of their right of usufruct if they remarry into a family other than that of their deceased spouse" (222)
Jan. 30, 2020, 8:36 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1
"The Law of Succession Act (Cap. 160, Laws of Kenya) has tried to redress these imbalances and the statute provides that both girls and boys share equal rights in succession. However this law is subject to several qualifications: …Persons professing the Muslim faith are exempted from the Succession Act. They can however apply the Islamic law which does not apportion equal shares in the estate to daughters and wives. This is based on the principals in Islamic law that require a man to take care of his sister and on this basis awarding men twice the portions of property inherited from the father and widows an eighth. Widows do not...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1
"The Law of Succession Act (Cap. 160, Laws of Kenya) has tried to redress these imbalances and the statute provides that both girls and boys share equal rights in succession. However this law is subject to several qualifications: …Persons professing the Muslim faith are exempted from the Succession Act. They can however apply the Islamic law which does not apportion equal shares in the estate to daughters and wives. This is based on the principals in Islamic law that require a man to take care of his sister and on this basis awarding men twice the portions of property inherited from the father and widows an eighth. Widows do not...more
Jan. 28, 2020, 10:59 p.m.
Countries: Lesotho
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1, POLY-LAW-2
"According to the law on inheritance, sons and daughters have equal inheritance rights to property, as do female and male surviving spouses. In addition, the Lesotho Land Act of 1997 allows widows to stay in the matrimonial home provided they do not remarry, thereby giving the widow usufruct rights and not ownership rights. Under customary law, however, it is reported that daughters do not have the same inheritance rights as their brothers. First-born sons are typically considered to be the heirs to land and other property. In cases where there is no male heir, the (senior) wife is expected to consult the family of her deceased husband" (2)more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-LAW-1, POLY-LAW-2
"According to the law on inheritance, sons and daughters have equal inheritance rights to property, as do female and male surviving spouses. In addition, the Lesotho Land Act of 1997 allows widows to stay in the matrimonial home provided they do not remarry, thereby giving the widow usufruct rights and not ownership rights. Under customary law, however, it is reported that daughters do not have the same inheritance rights as their brothers. First-born sons are typically considered to be the heirs to land and other property. In cases where there is no male heir, the (senior) wife is expected to consult the family of her deceased husband" (2)more
May 16, 2019, 9:32 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-2
"The ceremonies are carried out mainly in rural areas. The marriages have no legal standing in the country. Under Kyrgyzstan family code, women and men have equal property rights in marriage, with couples signing a contract stating the division of property between them. But in unregistered marriages, there is no such contract and women lose out on these benefits" (para 2).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-2
"The ceremonies are carried out mainly in rural areas. The marriages have no legal standing in the country. Under Kyrgyzstan family code, women and men have equal property rights in marriage, with couples signing a contract stating the division of property between them. But in unregistered marriages, there is no such contract and women lose out on these benefits" (para 2).
March 20, 2019, 11:36 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The law protects a widow’s right to remain on the land of her deceased husband, even if she remarries" (11).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The law protects a widow’s right to remain on the land of her deceased husband, even if she remarries" (11).
Sept. 13, 2018, 7:09 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The slow loosening on restrictions for women mirrors Iran's neighbour and arch-enemy Saudi Arabia, which has begun rolling back its own religious laws under the leadership of Mohammed bin-Salman.Women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the Arab kingdom from this month, while they have already been allowed into cinemas and sports stadiums" (para. 32 - 33).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The slow loosening on restrictions for women mirrors Iran's neighbour and arch-enemy Saudi Arabia, which has begun rolling back its own religious laws under the leadership of Mohammed bin-Salman.Women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the Arab kingdom from this month, while they have already been allowed into cinemas and sports stadiums" (para. 32 - 33).
June 9, 2018, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"[There are] Discriminatory inheritance laws, including rules governing intestate succession that directly discriminate against women and girls, and the fact that the Law of Succession Act of 1981 renders a widow’s inheritance rights void if she remarries, with no parallel provision for widowers" (14)
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"[There are] Discriminatory inheritance laws, including rules governing intestate succession that directly discriminate against women and girls, and the fact that the Law of Succession Act of 1981 renders a widow’s inheritance rights void if she remarries, with no parallel provision for widowers" (14)
June 3, 2018, 5:28 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Unless their marriage contract states otherwise, all property acquired during a marriage is the couple’s joint property, and it is divided into two equal shares in the event of divorce. Each spouse retains ownership and management of property acquired before marriage or inherited after marriage," (55).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Unless their marriage contract states otherwise, all property acquired during a marriage is the couple’s joint property, and it is divided into two equal shares in the event of divorce. Each spouse retains ownership and management of property acquired before marriage or inherited after marriage," (55).
Feb. 28, 2018, 5:36 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Furthermore, a woman’s inheritance rights are made void should she remarry following the death of her husband" (37).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"Furthermore, a woman’s inheritance rights are made void should she remarry following the death of her husband" (37).
April 21, 2017, 11:31 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If a widow remarries, she yields rights to all property inherited from the marriage” (482).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If a widow remarries, she yields rights to all property inherited from the marriage” (482).
Feb. 27, 2017, 5:16 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"A widow who inherits some of her husband’s property may lose it if, at some point after his death, she marries another man” (866).
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"A widow who inherits some of her husband’s property may lose it if, at some point after his death, she marries another man” (866).
Dec. 7, 2016, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If the widow chooses to remarry, she informs and sometimes seeks the approval of her late husband’s family. At that time she must move into her new husband’s household and cannot remain or keep the previously held land or other assets, which would then be administered by the family of the deceased husband or until the children come of age"(12)
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"If the widow chooses to remarry, she informs and sometimes seeks the approval of her late husband’s family. At that time she must move into her new husband’s household and cannot remain or keep the previously held land or other assets, which would then be administered by the family of the deceased husband or until the children come of age"(12)
Nov. 17, 2016, 8:14 a.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Women have the same legal rights as men, including rights under family, property, labor, nationality, and inheritance laws" (11).
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"Women have the same legal rights as men, including rights under family, property, labor, nationality, and inheritance laws" (11).
Sept. 14, 2016, 4:05 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Sept. 12, 2016, 3:55 a.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Sept. 12, 2016, 3:47 a.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
“Forty-two percent of widows were dispossessed of their property, the same figure reported in the 2008 NDHS. There is no urban-rural difference in the proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property” (339). “Women in the South West (62 percent) are most likely to be dispossessed of their property, followed by women in the North Central (59 percent) and South South (51 percent) zones. Women living in the North West (14 percent) are least likely to be dispossessed of their property. Lagos has the highest proportion of widowed women who have been dispossessed of their property (71 percent)” (341). “It is notable that widowed women with no...more
Aug. 31, 2016, 6:44 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, the Centre for Secular Space, Nari Diganta and the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation have welcomed the Law Society’s withdrawal of their sharia wills practice note. The practice note advised solicitors on how to draw up ‘Sharia-compliant’ wills, stating that '… illegitimate and adopted children are not Sharia heirs … The male heirs in most cases receive double the amount inherited by a female heir … Non-Muslims may not inherit at all … a divorced spouse is no longer a Sharia heir…'" (1,2, 3)
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, the Centre for Secular Space, Nari Diganta and the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation have welcomed the Law Society’s withdrawal of their sharia wills practice note. The practice note advised solicitors on how to draw up ‘Sharia-compliant’ wills, stating that '… illegitimate and adopted children are not Sharia heirs … The male heirs in most cases receive double the amount inherited by a female heir … Non-Muslims may not inherit at all … a divorced spouse is no longer a Sharia heir…'" (1,2, 3)
July 27, 2016, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The Interim Constitution expressly states that women have the right to own property and to share in the estates of their deceased husbands. Customary law differs on this point, however, focusing instead on ensuring that property remains within families. Although property is owned by a family, it is held by the man, as the head of the household—an arrangement that is often confused with that of ‘ownership’. According to the customary laws of many tribes, women cannot own property in their own capacity, nor may they keep their own income. On leaving a family through divorce, a woman forfeits all of her belongings, which continue to be owned by the...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-2
"The Interim Constitution expressly states that women have the right to own property and to share in the estates of their deceased husbands. Customary law differs on this point, however, focusing instead on ensuring that property remains within families. Although property is owned by a family, it is held by the man, as the head of the household—an arrangement that is often confused with that of ‘ownership’. According to the customary laws of many tribes, women cannot own property in their own capacity, nor may they keep their own income. On leaving a family through divorce, a woman forfeits all of her belongings, which continue to be owned by the...more