Reference:
Overseas Development Institute: Rights in Action (2005)
Annotation:
This paper begins with a review of various national and international mechanisms to enforce economic and social rights. The author discusses the implications of grounding human rights within the rule of law and outlines examples of national courts enforcing economic and social rights. The paper specifically examines the issue of protecting women in poverty, particularly when their rights to own property are limited by customary law. The paper also considers the means through which poverty is caused by discrimination and reviews some of the jurisprudence from national and regional courts on the issue of women's property rights. In conclusion, the author advocates for a holistic approach to poverty and human rights.