Women and their right to adequate housing 2012, para. 23
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- Women's right to adequate housing is often denied or ignored within the broader context of family and marriage law. Equality in matters of inheritance is often denied for women and girls on the basis of custom and tradition, whether within the context of the death of a spouse, parent or other relative. This has important ramifications, as inheritance is a primary means by which wealth and resources are transferred within societies, as well as within families. To be excluded from the process of inheritance reinforces women's lack of autonomy and equality, and jeopardizes in a very direct way their right to adequate housing.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/19/53, para. 23.
- Paragraph number
- 23
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