Gender Differences in Land Inheritance and Schooling Investment in Ghana’s Western Region
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 15, 2006
WUNRN
UN Study focus of WUNRN
Juridical Aspects
A.1.International Convenant on Civil & Political
Rights
Rights
B.1.CEDAW
Factual Aspects
C Status of Women in the Family
1.Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy
4.Inheritance &
Property
Property
D.2.Cruelty to Widows
Full UN Study Text:
139.”Cultural prejudices often limit women from
managing their own property or that
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.
varies widely across religions and cultures.
UN Study Conclusions &
Recommendations
Recommendations
A.Internal Measures
1.Prevention
198.(iii)Religious and cultural
customs should not block equal rights in marriage and
divorce
customs should not block equal rights in marriage and
divorce
(v)”Laws
should be abrogated or amended to conform to international
should be abrogated or amended to conform to international
provisions
on … property, nationality, and civil status.
on … property, nationality, and civil status.
F.1.Right to Education
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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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
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcnbr186.pdf
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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
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcnbr186.pdf
size
179,728 bytes – 10/27/2004 1:37:38 AM GMT
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