COHRE Inheritance Housing Land Property Issue Brief 7

COHRE Women and Housing Rights Programme: ISSUE BRIEF SEVEN

Women and Housing Rights

ISSUE BRIEF Contents Women’s Rights to ‘Inheritance’ and Joint Control of Housing, Land and Property......................1 ‘Inheritance’ Rights Violations: The Real Consequences for Women.......................................4 The Impact of HIV/AIDS, Displacement and Poverty.........6 ‘Inheritance’ and Property Ownership for Women...............8 Recommendations....................10

Women’s Rights to ‘Inheritance’ and Joint Control of Housing, Land and Property The issue of ‘inheritance’ is especially vital for women because it relates to the underlying reasons for women’s disproportionately high levels of poverty and housing insecurity in the world today. The feminisation of poverty is 1