Challenges and opportunities in inheritance rights in Rwanda. CPRC Policy Note.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2011
Country:
Rwanda
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2011
Authors:
Cooper, E.

Abstract

This Policy Note addresses how Rwandan law currently affects property inheritance, the challenges and opportunities in existing law reform, and the issues surrounding how inheritance is governed and practiced in people鈥檚 lives in Rwanda. Rwanda鈥檚 laws provide opportunities for gender equity by granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters and protection of a surviving spouse鈥檚 and children鈥檚 rights to property. However, customary systems continue to govern over family and land matters and often discriminate against women鈥檚 direct rights to property and inheritance.

Citation

Chronic Poverty Research Centre, London, UK, 8 pp.

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Published 1 January 2011
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