It has been over seven years since the Hindu Succession(Amendment) Act, 2005, came into force on September 9, 2005, which gave thedaughter the same rights in the coparcenary property as she would have had ifshe had been a son. A 28-page report titled ‘Challenges and Barriers to Women’sEntitlement to Land in India’, released by the UN Women in collaboration withDelhi-based rural development institute Landesa in October, analyses theprogress made on the issue.
The study is based on a survey conducted in two states “Bihar and Andhra Pradesh “ with interviews of 504 women from scheduled castesand tribes, other backward castes, the general caste Hindu population, Muslimsand female headed households.
