Equal Share For Daughters & Sons
- Laws
- India
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Hindu Succession Amendment 2005 was amended to include daughters as coparceners, and thus to give daughters and sons equal inheritance rights.
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The Indian Succession Act of 1925 provides that widows and children inherit equal shares.
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- Rwanda
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Sons and daughters have equal inheritance rights. Matrimonial Regimes, Inheritance, and Liberalities Law of Rwanda, Loi No 22/99 du 12/11/1999 (Art 50).
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- Colombia
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Los hijos legítimos, […], excluyen a todos los otros herederos y recibirán entre ellos iguales cuotas, sin perjuicio de la porción conyugal. Art 1045, Código Civil Colombiano, 1887.1
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The legitimate children, […], exclude all other heirs and receive among them equal quotas, without prejudice to the conjugal portion (Art 1045, Código Civil Colombiano, 1887).
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- Peru
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Todos los hijos tienen iguales derechos sucesorios respecto de sus padres. Art 818, Codigo Civil- Decreto Legislativo No. 295, 1984.2
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All children have equal inheritance rights with respect to their parents (Art 818, Codigo Civil- Decreto Legislativo No. 295, 1984).
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- India
- Commentary
Many traditional inheritance practices allow for only male inheritance of land. Sons live with and take care of their aging parents while daughters move to their husband’s land. Many countries have amended inheritance laws to ensure that intestate succession is divided equally between daughters and sons.
Sharia law allows for daughters to inherit half of what their brothers inherit.
In Rwanda, Colombia, and Peru, sons and daughters have equal inheritance rights.
Note – the legal information for Colombia and Peru are from the following resource: FAO (forthcoming) Legal Assessment Tool for Gender-Equitable Land Tenure: Methodological Guide, FAO, Rome.
FAO (forthcoming) Legal Assessment Tool for Gender-Equitable Land Tenure: Methodological Guide, FAO, Rome.
FAO (forthcoming) Legal Assessment Tool for Gender-Equitable Land Tenure: Methodological Guide, FAO, Rome.