This is a link to an article that I provided comments for months ago. I have just found out that it was published also on the UN Refugee Agency website (the UNHCR), which is huge.
Take a look at it HERE. The article is 5 months old now, but still very relevant. I spoke to Doo Aphane a few weeks back about the case, she is a human rights activist and lawyer, who wants to buy a plot of land across the road from her house, and so brought the test case before the High Court of Swaziland. It was her feeling that there is not enough support for the women's right to own property movement, from the feminist activist community in Swaziland.
It is my feeling that too much of the rhetoric surrounding womens rights issues focus on abstract discussions about rights, and less on concrete manifestations of what a stronger framework of rights would mean for a woman. See my last blog post with the link to Just Governance Group writings. Property rights are a key area for the attainment of womens rights.
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