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UN human rights experts urge Kenya to repeal discriminatory sections in Matrimonial Property Act

Published in Monday February 17th, 2014 In News on the Rapporteurs

A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged Kenya to repeal sections of the Marriage and Property Act which effectively deny women the right to marital property upon divorce or death of their spouse.

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Council approves bill to aid homeless youth in Washington

Published in Thursday February 13th, 2014 In Legislation

The homeless youth measure, among other things, allocates city funds for expanding existing homeless facilities, including shelters, to include additional beds for “youth who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.” It also requires service providers to put in place “best practices for the culturally competent care of homeless youth” who identify as LGBT or questioning.

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Give Women Priority in Land Allocation, says Chief Chiwala

Published in Monday January 6th, 2014 In In the media

Chief Chiwala of the Lamba-speaking people in Masaiti District has said women should be given priority in land allocation because they are the main drivers of agriculture.

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Human Rights Report Card Gives U.S. Poor Grades on Housing

Published in Wednesday December 11th, 2013

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty released its 2013 Human Right to Housing Report Card today, marked globally as human rights day, reviewing U.S. compliance with the human right to housing in the context of American homelessness over the past year. The report card found that while there were areas of improvement, much more needs to be done.

African Commission Affirms Women’s Right to Land and Other Productive Resources

Published in Thursday November 28th, 2013

In November 2013, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted a groundbreaking resolution on women’s right to land and other productive resources. With this resolution, the African Commission urged States “to fully comply with their obligations and commitments to ensure, protect and promote women’s right to land and property” and encouraged them “to repeal discriminatory laws and adopt legislative measures to sanction customary practices that limit or have a negative impact on women’s access to, use of and control over land and other productive resources.”

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Why Kenya must not pass its revised marriage property bill

Published in Monday November 25th, 2013 In In the media

Women having secure rights to land is not just good for women, their families and communities – it is good for Kenya.

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Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources

Published in Thursday November 21st, 2013

The purpose of this publication is to provide detailed guidance to support the adoption and effective implementation of laws, policies and programmes to respect, protect and fulfil women’s rights to land and other productive resources. It presents an overview of international and regional legal and policy instruments recognizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources, and discusses ways of advancing a human rights-based approach to women’s rights to land and other productive resources.

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CEDAW: General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations

Published in Monday November 4th, 2013

The primary aim and purpose of the general recommendation is to provide authoritative guidance to States parties on legislative, policy and other appropriate measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to protect, respect and fulfil women’s human rights. It also builds upon principles articulated in previously adopted general recommendations.

UN women’s rights committee adopts landmark document on women and conflict

Published in Wednesday October 23rd, 2013

States that have ratified the UN Women’s Rights Convention are obliged to uphold women’s rights before, during and after conflict when they are directly involved in fighting.

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Joint statement on the Land Rights of Rural Women

Published in Friday October 11th, 2013 In Social movement news

In Geneva, on October 9, 2013, HC member group GROOTS Kenya delivered a joint statement on behalf of ActionAid, Global Initiative for Economic Social and Cultural Rights,Huairou Commission, International Accountability Project, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), International Land Coalition (ILC) Secretariat, and Landesa at the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 56th Session (30 September 2013 – 18 October 2013), General Discussion on the Rights of Rural Women.

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