At a recently concluded on engaging the Rule of Law and Inclusive
Development in Africa, issues of ‘Legal realities, barriers and opportunities
for women’s economic rights and empowerment’ were discussed. This theme
presented an opportunity to influence women’s inclusive development and address
their exclusion in terms of accessing justice. The workshop was attended by
women policy influencers, academics, civil society advocates and human rights
practitioners. The attendees came from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.
The
goal of the gathering was to create a platform for participants to participate in deliberations and discussions on how progress relating to
women’s economic rights and empowerment has been monitored and to highlight
barriers in their specific countries, regions or sectors of work. To achieve
this the participants provided updates on countries
where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal
rights to land ownership and, or control; updates on reforms (finalised and
ongoing) that give women equal rights to economic and productive resources
(finances, trading, water), updates on access to ownership and control over
land (promotion of women’s secure rights to land, inheritance); discussions on
social protection systems and how they can and have been used to counter life
shocks for the vulnerable, especially women; and updates on other progress or
limitations towards economic gender equity through the adoption of
women-specific measures.
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