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Title: | Property Rights, Institutional Credit and the Gender Question in Uganda |
Author: | Tibatemwa, Lilian Ekirikubinza |
Year: | 1995 |
Periodical: | East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 68-80 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Uganda |
Subjects: | land law women law Law, Human Rights and Violence Economics and Trade Development and Technology Women's Issues divorce economics Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights |
Abstract: | Traditional and customary practices which discriminate against women in Uganda make it almost impossible for them to own property. As a consequence, it is also virtually impossible for them to have access to institutional credit since they can offer no collateral security. Laws relating to land, succession and inheritance and divorce are biased against women. Given current Ugandan law, it is imperative that women are made aware of the fact that marriage does not automatically give them any rights in their husband's property and does not lead automatically to co-ownership between husband and wife. There is need for legal counselling among Ugandan women, to sensitize women to their legal rights and obligations. The removal of legal obstacles preventing women from owning property in Uganda must be predicated in first instance on a change in the attitudes of men and women with regard to each other's rights and a dismantling of the social structures that relegate women to an inferior position, since the mere promotion of formal equality does not guarantee equality in practice. Notes, ref. |