%0 Journal Article
%T Women¡¯s Property Rights and Dispute Resolution among the Anlo and the Asante of Ghana
%A Victor Selorme Gedzi
%J Journal of Society and Communication
%D 2013
%I 
%X The general perception is that norms used in deciding cases in Anlo/Asante chiefs¡¯ courts in Ghana violate women¡¯s property rights. Analysis of norms and proceedings in chiefs¡¯ courts is important because chiefs¡¯ courts play a tremendous role in dispute resolution among the ethnic groups. The findings of the research are that chiefs¡¯ courts do not discriminate against women in gender neutral cases and that the bias occurs when the case is gender sensitive. Women also have limited participation as decision-makers in indigenous courts, a factor, among others, that may contribute to the bias against them. There is need to modernise operations in chiefs¡¯ courts to make it gender friendly. Moreover, since gender issues tend to affect women¡¯s property rights, and are often used as central reference points for the handling of disputes, there is need for social re-orientation of people. It requires a massive public educational campaign in order to eliminate or minimise, gender stereotypes that operate in chiefs¡¯ courts in Ghana.
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