News and Events about Women’s Property Rights and Related Issues

Events

• ICASA: The 13^th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (September 21-26, 2003)
  http://www.icasanairobi2003.org/index.php
  

News

The following online articles discuss recent developments with regard to women’s property rights and related issues. (Last updated July 2003)

• Women Gain Inch in Push for Land Rights in Uganda
  Nicole Leistikow, Women’s eNews, July 20, 2003
  
  
• Enlistment of African Women Needed to Fight AIDS
  Noeleen Heyzer, Alameda Times-Star, July 11, 2003
  
  
• Women’s Rights at Last
  News24.com, July 8, 2003
  
  
• Law Gives Rural Women a Raw Deal
  Sreelatha Menon, Indian Express, June 23, 2003
  
  
• Widow Wins Landmark Muslim Spouse Rights Case
  Fatima Schroeder, Cape Times, June 25, 2003
  
  
• Rights Group Calls for End to Inheriting African Wives
  Marc Lacey, The New York Times, March 5, 2003
  
  
• Kenyan Women Losing Homes
  Ishbel Matheson, BBC Nairobi, March 4, 2003
  
  
• Kenya: Focus on International Women’s Day
  IRIN News, March 11, 2003