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"Make A Will, Irrespective Of Age": Supreme Court's Advice To Hindu Women
The Supreme Court has appealed to married Hindu women to leave a will behind if they want their property to go to their family members or relatives on their side of the family after their death
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"Suicidal Concept": Bangladeshi Islamists Protest Women's Rights Reforms
Thousands of Bangladeshis took to the streets of Dhaka on Saturday to oppose the government's proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women.
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Gang-Rape With Iron Rod, Said Women's Rights Officer; Made Up, Say UP Cops
Ghaziabad Gang-Rape: A Delhi woman's alleged gang-rape and torture in Ghaziabad has turned out to be a story "cooked up" to frame some men in a property feud, the police claim. The woman allegedly also paid some associates to "publicise" the case.
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Social Worker Mary Roy Dies At 89
Educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said. She was 89. She died at her home due to age-related ailments, they said.
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"A Son Is A Son Till...": Top Court Backs Daughter's Right To Property
A woman can claim equal share in family property as a daughter, the Supreme Court reiterated today as it stressed that the Hindu Succession Act - that was amended in 2005 to give women equal inheritance rights - can have a retrospective effect.
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Mehbooba Mufti To Reach Delhi Today To Seek PM Modi's Help For Kashmir's Special Status
The day after she reached out to arch rival Farooq Abdullah to protect Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is expected to reach Delhi on Thursday to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support in defending a constitutional provision that bars outsiders from owning property in the state. But a fresh petition filed in th...
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Property Rights Campaign For Women Takes Aim At Patriarchy
Mumbai: Activists have launched a campaign in South Asia to appeal to men to stand up for the property rights of their daughters, wives and sisters and ask women to demand their share as a way to curb violence against women in the region. Property for Her was launched on social media this week, with messages on Twitter and Facebook, as well as a pe...
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For Right To Property, Muslim Women In India Fight Tradition And Family
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Shabana was 18 years old when she was married to a man 15 years her senior in Uttar Pradesh. It wasn’t long before he began beating her. Worried for her safety and that of her two young kids, Shabana begged her eldest brother to let her return to her parental home, where he now lived. He refused, saying her place was with ...
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This Tradition Is Forcing Rajasthan Women To Let Go Of Family Property
Chaksu, Rajasthan: Days before she was married 18 years ago, K Bina Devi and her sister were called to the living room of the family home where they lived with their parents and four brothers. There, in a short ceremony witnessed by village elders, she and her sister signed a piece of paper giving up their share of the family property to their brot...
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Despite Law, Daughters Unable To Inherit Paternal Property
Despite a 10-year-old law, the Hindu Sucession Act, ensuring equal rights for daughters in their parental property, social and cultural barriers continue to deprive women of their rights. The barriers led 28-year-old Reena of Nalanda district in Bihar to decide against claiming her share of parental property from her brothers. She felt it might jeo...
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Poverty, Child Marriage, Violence Decline When Women Own Land: World Bank
Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence? "Yes and more", says an international group of land and property rights specialists who are due in Washington this week to discuss how improved land management can reduce global poverty and foster development.
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Cabinet clears major changes in marriage, adoption laws
A Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property was approved by the Union Cabinet today. Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, also aims at giving rights to adopted children on par with biological off-springs.
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"Make A Will, Irrespective Of Age": Supreme Court's Advice To Hindu Women
The Supreme Court has appealed to married Hindu women to leave a will behind if they want their property to go to their family members or relatives on their side of the family after their death
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"Suicidal Concept": Bangladeshi Islamists Protest Women's Rights Reforms
Thousands of Bangladeshis took to the streets of Dhaka on Saturday to oppose the government's proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women.
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Gang-Rape With Iron Rod, Said Women's Rights Officer; Made Up, Say UP Cops
Ghaziabad Gang-Rape: A Delhi woman's alleged gang-rape and torture in Ghaziabad has turned out to be a story "cooked up" to frame some men in a property feud, the police claim. The woman allegedly also paid some associates to "publicise" the case.
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Social Worker Mary Roy Dies At 89
Educationist and social worker Mary Roy, whose legal battle ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women in their ancestral property, died on Thursday, family sources said. She was 89. She died at her home due to age-related ailments, they said.
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"A Son Is A Son Till...": Top Court Backs Daughter's Right To Property
A woman can claim equal share in family property as a daughter, the Supreme Court reiterated today as it stressed that the Hindu Succession Act - that was amended in 2005 to give women equal inheritance rights - can have a retrospective effect.
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Mehbooba Mufti To Reach Delhi Today To Seek PM Modi's Help For Kashmir's Special Status
The day after she reached out to arch rival Farooq Abdullah to protect Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is expected to reach Delhi on Thursday to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support in defending a constitutional provision that bars outsiders from owning property in the state. But a fresh petition filed in th...
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Property Rights Campaign For Women Takes Aim At Patriarchy
Mumbai: Activists have launched a campaign in South Asia to appeal to men to stand up for the property rights of their daughters, wives and sisters and ask women to demand their share as a way to curb violence against women in the region. Property for Her was launched on social media this week, with messages on Twitter and Facebook, as well as a pe...
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For Right To Property, Muslim Women In India Fight Tradition And Family
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Shabana was 18 years old when she was married to a man 15 years her senior in Uttar Pradesh. It wasn’t long before he began beating her. Worried for her safety and that of her two young kids, Shabana begged her eldest brother to let her return to her parental home, where he now lived. He refused, saying her place was with ...
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This Tradition Is Forcing Rajasthan Women To Let Go Of Family Property
Chaksu, Rajasthan: Days before she was married 18 years ago, K Bina Devi and her sister were called to the living room of the family home where they lived with their parents and four brothers. There, in a short ceremony witnessed by village elders, she and her sister signed a piece of paper giving up their share of the family property to their brot...
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Despite Law, Daughters Unable To Inherit Paternal Property
Despite a 10-year-old law, the Hindu Sucession Act, ensuring equal rights for daughters in their parental property, social and cultural barriers continue to deprive women of their rights. The barriers led 28-year-old Reena of Nalanda district in Bihar to decide against claiming her share of parental property from her brothers. She felt it might jeo...
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Poverty, Child Marriage, Violence Decline When Women Own Land: World Bank
Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence? "Yes and more", says an international group of land and property rights specialists who are due in Washington this week to discuss how improved land management can reduce global poverty and foster development.
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Cabinet clears major changes in marriage, adoption laws
A Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property was approved by the Union Cabinet today. Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, also aims at giving rights to adopted children on par with biological off-springs.
