Thursday, July 9     MC 7-100 | |
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12:00 - 12:10 | Introduction: Who’s at the table? | All                                   |
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12:10 - 12:30 | Regional Study § Summary Overview/Outline § Goals for this Meeting Core Questions § Defining customary law § Relationship between statutory and  customary law § Differences between civil and common law countries § Multiple/overlapping legal systems and jurisdiction Issues § Why family law/personal law matters for business Focus on land access and rights, with implications for access to finance | Mary Hallward-Driemeier |
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12:30 - 1:00 | Customary Law in Africa Overview Presentation § Origins & why important in Africa § Evolution & who determines CL? § Jurisdiction § Authority (law-making body) § Strengths and limitations Gender dimensions: why so often unfavorable to women? | Lynn Khadiagala Minneh Kane |
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 | Lunch will be available |  |
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1:00 - 2:00 | Discussion of Customary Law and Framing the Debate § Initial reactions to the questions raised § Formal rights vs. practice on the ground Country experiences: drivers of (and resistance to) change | Mark Blackden Grace Hemmings Deborah Rubin |
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2:00-3:00 | Multiple/Overlapping Legal Systems and Jurisdiction Issues, including discussion of religious law § Statutory recognition of customary law § Relationship between statutory and customary law (visualize this?) § Differences between civil law and common law countries § How is jurisdiction determined, and by whom? § Link between business/entrepreneurship and family law Practical solutions: how do women address (circumvent) these issues in practice | Sandra Joireman Mary Osirim |
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3:00 - 3:30 | Land Access and Rights § Title, Ownership, Inheritance §  Implications for access to finance and collateral-based banking | Lynn Khadiagala |
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3:30 - 4:00 | Summing Up: Next Steps for the Regional Study § Country examples: positive change and resistance to change § Identifying principles for strengthening women’s legal and economic rights within these systems (policy messages) Areas for further research | Mary Hallward-Driemeier |
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