The expansion of married women's property rights was a main
achievement of the first wave of feminism in Latin America. As
Carmen Diana Deeere and Magdalena Leon reveal, however, the
disjuncture between rights and actual ownership remains vast. This
is particularly true in rural areas, where the distribution of land
between men and women is highly unequal. In their pioneering,
twelve-country comparative study, the authors argue that property
ownership is directly related to women's bargaining power within
the household and community, point out changes resulting from
recent gender-progressive legislation, and identify additional
areas for future reform, including inheritance rights of wives.
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