Global Financial Meltdown and Working Women's Rights - With Special Reference to Developing Countries

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indira Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights

Property Rights over Marital Transfers *

2015 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 1421-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwan Anderson ◽  
Chris Bidner
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Marriage Market ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Market Clearing ◽  
Market Clearing Price ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract In developing countries, the extent to which women possess property rights is shaped in large part by transfers received at the time of marriage. Focusing on dowry, we develop a simple model of the marriage market with intrahousehold bargaining to understand the incentives for brides’ parents to allocate the rights over the dowry between their daughter and her groom. In doing so, we clarify and formalize the “dual role” of dowry—as a premortem bequest and as a market clearing price—identified in the literature. We use the model to shed light on the intriguing observation that in contrast to other rights, women’s rights over the dowry tend to deteriorate with development. We show how marriage payments are utilized even when they are inefficient, and how the marriage market mitigates changes in other dimensions of women’s rights even to the point where women are worse off following a strengthening of such rights. We also generate predictions for when marital transfers will disappear and highlight the importance of female human capital for the welfare of women.

References to Islam and Women in the Afghan Constitution

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Royal Household

AbstractThis paper is presented in three parts and several sections. The first part consists of a stocktaking of recent developments and dynamics that have engaged President Hamid Karzai's government ever since he came to power in December 2001. A mixed picture is presented which draws attention to many problems that have impeded reconstruction efforts in the country. Some positive developments have also occurred including, for example, the introduction of a new constitution, presidential and parliamentary elections, as well as resumption of schooling for children that by mid-2006 had numbered four million throughout the country. An overview of the previous constitutions and a brief historical perspective attempt to show how leadership flaws and internal differences in the royal household plunged Afghanistan into a succession of coups, foreign invasions, and catastrophic consequences for its people. Are there any lessons to be learnt? The second part of this essay focuses on a review and analysis of the 2004 constitution with special reference to Islam, and the last part takes a similar approach to women's rights.

Shakthi, A Mobile Phone Application to Promote Legal Redressal Awareness Among Young Indian Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-423
Author(s):  
Harshini Raji ◽  
C. Velayutham
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Mobile Phone Application ◽  
Women In India

Shakthi is a mobile phone application launched for spreading awareness of legal redressal procedures available for women in India. It was designed to gauge the need for legal awareness and was tested on a group of 30 young women between 18 and 25 years old. Many heinous crimes committed against women remain under-reported because of social stigma, illiteracy and lack of reporting knowledge. The application addressed topics such as what is a First Information Report (FIR) and how to file one, the redressal process for sexual harassment at work, etc. The analysis of the tests showed that the participants were keen on learning more information on women’s rights. Future programmes can help equip women with more knowledge on how to address crimes, and a more extensive app can add meaning to the technology-enhanced lives of women in developing countries.

scholarly journals WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO SUCCESSION IN UNREGISTERED MARRIAGES: A REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUMENT OF WAṢIYYAH

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akmal Hidayah Halim ◽  
Mohamad Asmadi Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Essential Requirement ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Of Succession

It is an essential requirement for a marriage to be registered according to the procedures as provided by the law. Non-registration of a marriage leads to the non-availability of a marriage certificate, being the main proof of the existence of the marital relationship. This situation results in various legal complications in claiming the rights, including a right to property under the law of succession which arises upon the death of the spouse. Such a right, even though guaranteed by the Sharīʿah, is not recognized by Malaysian law. This article seeks to examine women’s rights to succession in cases of unregistered marriage with special reference to the execution of a waṣiyyah as a useful instrument to protect the rights of the unregistered wives against husbands’ estates.

scholarly journals The Women of Afghanistan: Past and Present Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Kaan Diyarbakirlioglu ◽  
Sureyya Yigit
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Afghan Women ◽  
Soviet Invasion ◽  
The Impact

Women face tough challenges in developing countries which usually enforce strong traditional stereotypes. Afghanistan is a good example where women have experienced both radical and moderate changes. Some of the changes have ameliorated their position in society whereas for the most part the changes endured have kept them from fulfilling their potential roles in a traditional patriarchal structure. This article attempts to highlight the various fluctuations that have occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries, paying special attention to the period during and after the Soviet invasion of 1978. Afghan women possess legal rights which are on a par with other developed states but it is the implementation of these rights which leaves much to be desired. The impact of culture and history cannot be minimised when trying to explain the obstacles faced in improving Afghan women’s rights.

Women's Rights Save Lives

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Burroway
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality

Sociologists have long recognized women's empowerment as a key factor in improving development and health in developing countries. Using new data, this study goes beyond the traditionally used indicators of empowerment by highlighting the potential role of women's rights to land, property, and loans in explaining cross-national variation in child health. Results show that land and property rights are associated with lower rates of infant and child mortality across 75 developing countries, net of women's literacy and a variety of controls. Notably, the robustness of the land and property variables is comparable to that of GDP or access to clean water/sanitation. This provides some suggestive evidence that perhaps these aspects of women's empowerment may be just as important as some of the more conventional correlates of child health. However, access to bank loans is not significantly associated with lower infant and child mortality. This is consistent with a growing body of research that questions the efficacy of microfinance and loan programs for poverty reduction, health, and other development outcomes.

scholarly journals Power and Potential: A Comparative Analysis of National Laws and Regulations Concerning Women's Rights to Community Forests

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Laws And Regulations

A new analysis from RRI provides an unprecedented assessment of legal frameworks regarding indigenous and rural women’s community forest rights in 30 developing countries comprising 78 percent of the developing world’s forests.

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