Project Update: Property Rights and HIV/AIDS

ICRW, in partnership with the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is examining links between women's and girls' property and inheritance rights and their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. In a new grants competition, eight organizations in sub-Saharan Africa have received $25,000 each to create a body of evidence that demonstrates effective programs to address links between HIV/AIDS and property rights.

Click here to learn more about the African NGOs that received grants and a description of the work that they will do.

Property Ownership for Women Enriches, Empowers and Protects

Through its work for the Millennium Project, ICRW has been a forceful proponent for property and inheritance rights for women and girls as a key precondition for achieving the third Millennium Development Goal — gender equality and women's empowerment.

ICRW brief, Property Ownership for Women Enriches, Empowers and Protects, based on work done for the Millennium Project.

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WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Women's lives continue to be restricted by unequal power relationships between men and women in the home, workplace and community. ICRW identifies opportunities for changing the attitudes and roles of men and women so that women can gain greater control over their lives.

ICRW research and programming regarding women's rights explores:

• Issues of inequity in land ownership and distribution and property rights for women
• The link between women's property and inheritance rights and the risk of domestic violence

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