Women's property rights

Women's property rights are property and inheritance rights enjoyed by women as a category within a society.

Property rights are claims to property that are legally and socially recognized and enforceable by external legitimized authority.^[1] Broadly defined, land rights can be understood as a variety of legitimate claims to land and the benefits and products produced on that land.^[2] Inheritance, transfers from the State, tenancy arrangements, and land purchase are all constructs of land rights.^[3] These rights can be in the form of actual ownership or usufruct, the rights of use.

^ Agarwal, Bina (2002). "Are we not peasants too? Land rights and women's claims in India" (Pamphlet). SEEDS Pamphlet Series. 21.
^ Schlager, Edella; Ostrom, Elinor (August 1992). "Property-rights regimes and natural resources: a conceptual analysis". Land Economics. 68 (3): 249–262. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.422.8178. doi:10.2307/3146375. JSTOR 3146375. S2CID 2908275.
^ Allendorf, Keera (November 2007). "Do women's land rights promote empowerment and child health in Nepal?". World Development. 35 (11): 1975–1988. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.12.005. PMC 3657746. PMID 23700354.

[Seeds-1] Agarwal, Bina (2002). "Are we not peasants too? Land rights and women's claims in India" (Pamphlet). SEEDS Pamphlet Series. 21.

[Land_Economics-2] Schlager, Edella; Ostrom, Elinor (August 1992). "Property-rights regimes and natural resources: a conceptual analysis". Land Economics. 68 (3): 249–262. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.422.8178. doi:10.2307/3146375. JSTOR 3146375. S2CID 2908275.

[Allendorf-3] Allendorf, Keera (November 2007). "Do women's land rights promote empowerment and child health in Nepal?". World Development. 35 (11): 1975–1988. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.12.005. PMC 3657746. PMID 23700354.

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