STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS
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In a country like India, land is of paramount importance in every aspect of life. Institutional biases towards males, over the years, have deprived women of independent rights over land in spite of them being a major workforce on land. Landlessness has, thus, led to eventual subjugation and kept women away from the opportunity of decision-making in policy making or their own rights. The most important way of land ownership by the women are the inheritance laws which were until quite recently very biased, however, recent reforms, amendments and judicial decisions have shown some progress towards the much coveted gender equality in land rights as a means of empowerment and as the final empowerment in itself.
This paper delves into the background of societal norms and laws prevalent regarding ownership of land, how the inheritance laws, which are governed by the personal laws and religious scriptures, have been shaped over years keeping a sight on gender equality and the current legal provisions regarding the same. It also emphasizes on how much of the policies have remained on paper and much needs to be done to bridge the gap between these policies on paper and what happens in reality. The paper also attempts to throw light on some probable measures to rectify the situation.
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