Land Ownership and Women's Economic and Social Rights

Equality between women and men is no longer an issue to argue about. The right to land is as important for women as it is for men. Some people still do not appreciate what it means when it is said of women that they are equal to men and hence need not be discriminated with regard to their right to land and other productive resources. The challenge is not what is contained in law but rather how this can be actualised considering the depth of patriarchy in most if not all societies. It has been like this for ages that women have been considered as second class citizens whose rights to land have been entrusted with their male counterparts. This has to change and it is changing. If you are still doubting why this change is necessary, this book provides some basis upon which the land rights discourse can be anchored.