Why are legal aspects of gender equality important?
             A clear and well-enforced legal system
             economic and social interactions. Laws
             provide the basis for the recognition,
             protection and enforcement of rights,
             and are the means to transfer property,
             to limit corruption and discrimination,
             and to provide an impartial system for
             Important gender equality issues exist
             in the legal systems of all countries. In
             constraining the conditions of their
             employment, restricting their ownership
             of productive resources, or limiting their
             participation. In other cases, the laws
             are equitable, but women do not know
             complicated by the existence of multiple
             activities fell neatly into the domain of
             one or another system, with commercial
             jurisdiction of statutory law, and issues
             relating to property rights, land tenure,
             Today, these categories are no longer
             so clearly defined. For example, where
             inherit and own land, they are unable to use this
             important resource as collateral to gain credit or as
             an input into production – even if the laws
             Statutory legal systems, too, may be highly
             discriminatory. In many cases, the decentralization,
             informality and focus on resolution (rather than
             punishment) associated with customary law make it
             more favorable and accessible to women. Some
             countries, such as Ethiopia, are drawing lessons
             from allowing a mutually agreed upon choice of
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