tailieunhanh - Women's Property Rights, HIV and AIDS & Domestic Violence

Women’s property and inheritance rights are recognised in international law and in a growing number of countries worldwide, yet women in many developing countries do not have the right to own or inherit property. At the same time, women are increasingly heading up households and are in critical need of land and property for economic security, particularly in the context of the AIDS epidemic - in fact, secure property rights are believed to be a factor in reducing women’s risk of contracting HIV and in protecting them from domestic violence | Free download from WOMEN S PROPERTY RIGHTS HIV AND AIDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM TWO DISTRICTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND UGANDA HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL ASSOCIATES FOR DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2008 ISBN 978-0-7969-2223-6 2008 Human Sciences Research Council Print management by GREYMATTER FINCH Printed by Logoprint Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 Suggested citation ICRW HSRC AfD 2008 Women s Property Rights HIV and AIDS and Domestic Violence Research findings from two districts in South African and Uganda. Cape Town HSRC Press CONTENTS List of tables and figures iv Acknowledgements List of contributors v vi Executive summary vii Free download from Section I Introduction I Chapter 1 Conceptual framework and literature review 3 Chapter 2 Research design and methods 10 Section 2 Research findings from Amajuba South Africa I5 Chapter 3 Background to the South African site 17 Chapter 4 Socio-economic profiles Amajuba 39 Chapter 5 Intimate partnerships and domestic violence 46 Chapter 6 Tenure security and property rights 53 Chapter 7 Domestic violence and property rights 61 Chapter 8 Focus group discussions 73 Chapter 9 Linkages and implications 77 Section 3 Research findings from Iganga Uganda 85 Chapter 10 Background to the Ugandan site 87 Chapter 11 Socio-economic profiles Iganga 96 Chapter 12 Property ownership and use 102 Chapter 13 Domestic violence and gender relations 111 Chapter .