Women’s Rights to Property in Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood in Uganda: The Problematic Aspects

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dc.contributor.authorKafumbe, Anthony Luyirika
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-21T16:34:16Z
dc.date.available2023-02-21T16:34:16Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis article examines women’s rights to property in marriage, upon divorce, and upon the death of a spouse in Uganda, highlighting the problematic aspects in both the state-made (statutory) and non-state-made (customary and religious) laws. It argues that, with the exception of the 1995 Constitution, the subordinate laws that regulate the distribution, management, and ownership of property during marriage, upon divorce, and death of a spouse are discriminatory of women. It is shown that even where the relevant statutory laws are protective of women’s rights to property, their implementation is hindered by customary law practices, socialization, and the generally weak economic capacity of many women in the country. The article delves into the even weaker position of women’s rights to matrimonial property at customary and religious laws. In many homes, wives provide labor to support their husbands without having a stake in the use or monetary benefit from it. Under Islamic law regulating intestate succession to property, the entitlements for widows fall short of the constitutional standards on equality and non-discrimination. Polygyny is widely practiced by Muslims implying that the widows share the one eighth whenever there are children or one fourth in cases when there are no children. Radical reforms such as adopting an immediate community property regime instead of the present separate property regime are inevitable if women’s rights to property are to advance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKafumbe, A. L. (2010). Women’s rights to property in marriage, divorce, and widowhood in Uganda: The problematic aspects. Human Rights Review, 11(2), 199-221.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-008-0112-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7917
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHuman Rights Reviewen_US
dc.subjectWomen’s Rightsen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectPropertyen_US
dc.subjectDivorceen_US
dc.subjectWidowhooden_US
dc.titleWomen’s Rights to Property in Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood in Uganda: The Problematic Aspectsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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