DYNAMICS OF LAND OWNERSHIP OF WOMEN: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

Gender inequality is so pervasive that various government bodies and international agency have stepped in to eradicate this social evil. Gender inequality exits in different forms such mortality, natality, basis facility, special opportunity, professional, ownership and household inequality. Among all, ownership inequality in the one that has started receiving attention of the scholar until recently. Ownership inequality have tendency to perpetuate other forms of inequality against women. Although rights have been given under Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and its amendment act of 2005 to have equal rights over ancestral property. Daughter often do not own property and majority of women in India sign away their share in favour of brothers. The present paper aimed at identifying barriers that emerged in the effective implementation of the legislation passed by the parliament to give daughter right to own property at par with brother. The study used primary data collected in the village Matanhail of district Jhajjar, Haryana. The study used qualitative research methods such as case studies and focus group discussion to fulfill the objective of the study. The study concluded that the women were reluctant to claim share of their parental land on account of societal pressure, village exogamy, technical, administrative and political difficulties.