In this report, the COHRE Women and Housing Rights Programme (WHRP) documents the fact that under both statutory and customary law, the overwhelming majority of women in sub-Saharan Africa (regardless of their marital status) cannot own or inherit land, housing and other property in their own right.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2004Rwanda, Nigéria, Zambie, Afrique du Sud, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Sénégal, Éthiopie, Afrique sub-saharienne
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2004Zambie, Afrique du Sud, Afrique sub-saharienne
Based on case studies of mining in South Africa and Zambia, this article assesses CSR practices with accountability and fairness as key criteria.Main findings and conclusions of the report are:CSR is an increasingly prominent discourse also in southern Africa, particularly among mining companies due to mining’s potentially significant negative social and environmental impacts as well as inherent finiteness of the resource bodyaccountability - the emphasis on identifying and mitigating the impacts of core business practices - and fairness - the emphasis on helping the most vulnerable - are k
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesdécembre, 2004Mozambique, Kenya, Afrique du Sud, Lesotho, Ouganda, Zimbabwe, Chine, Namibie, Zambie, Australie, Inde, Malawi, Finlande, Afrique
Two important resolutions for women were adopted by the United Nations last year. One was the UNHABITAT Resolution on “Women's Role and Rights in Human Settlements Development and Slum Upgrading” and the other was the Commission on Human Rights Resolution on “Women's Equal Ownership, Access to, and Control over Land and the Equal Rights to Own Property and to Adequate Housing”. These resolutions recognised the violation of women's property rights as a violation of fundamental human rights and the UN's commitment to stop such violations.
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