The Practices of Women's Right to Property Inheritance In the Case of Konso Society
Women's Right to Property Inheritance
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Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: Very Good, Addis Ababa University (Center for Human Rights), course: Thesis, language: English, abstract: This study examines the practices of Women's right to property inheritance among the Konso society. It aims to identify various socio-cultural and economic hurdles accounted for women's disinheritance of property, its impacts on their human rights and assess the effectiveness of both indigenous system and legal action to protect women's right to property inheritance .Qualitat...
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: Very Good, Addis Ababa University (Center for Human Rights), course: Thesis, language: English, abstract: This study examines the practices of Women's right to property inheritance among the Konso society. It aims to identify various socio-cultural and economic hurdles accounted for women's disinheritance of property, its impacts on their human rights and assess the effectiveness of both indigenous system and legal action to protect women's right to property inheritance .Qualitative methodology is employed to conduct this study. FGD with clan heads, elders and selected women are conducted. Similarly, semi-structured interview with victim daughters and widows, judges and women's affairs department officer is conducted. In-depth interview with KI and also review of inheritance cases from court are employed. The finding of the study reveals that traditional enforcements of inheritance rights either in testate or intestate are excluded women to enjoy their rights, whereas, the legal enforcements are better placed to assist women to secure their rights. The patrilineal and extended family system, perception of women as outsider to clan member, the son guardianship of family, perception of women cannot manage property, social stigma and distrust, and marital status and economic challenges are accounted for the discriminatory inheritance system that excludes women. Finding of the study indicates unequal treatment of men and women, violation of women's property rights, adequate standard of living and violation of right to family unit and re-marry and violence against women are occurred as a result of discriminatory inheritance system. Finally the study forwards recommendation to realize women's equal right to property inheritance through awareness creation and establishing link between court and local arbitrators.
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