Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 29
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Formal laws could also prove ineffective if women do not realize or assume control over their rights. For example, in 2005, India amended the Hindu Succession Act (1956) to allow men and women equal inheritance to agricultural land. However, according to a 2013 study, challenges in the implementation of the Act had been observed, allegedly as a result of women not being aware of their legal rights and not wanting to upset their families and resistance from their brothers amongst other reasons.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Economic Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Person(s) affected
Families
Men
Women
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 29.