The Inheritance Rights of Women: The Case of „Yaa‟aa Yaaboo‟ Customary Court in Ambo District, West Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State

Beyene, Kuma (2017) The Inheritance Rights of Women: The Case of „Yaa‟aa Yaaboo‟ Customary Court in Ambo District, West Shewa Zone of Oromia National Regional State. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This study assesses and evaluate women‟s property inheritance rights in yaa‟aa yaaboo customary court (the qaaluu court), which is found in Oromia national regional state in west Shewa Zone in Ambo district, in Illaamu Mujjaa Kebele, in a tiny village called Wechan, in light of major human rights instruments. This court accepts and handles any criminal and civil cases unless cases are pending in formal courts. It holds regular court hearings once or twice every two weeks on average, depending on the number and type of cases. The functioning of this court (i.e. procedures it follows and judgments it renders) in course of handling cases related to women‟s property inheritances rights in lights of major international, regional and national normative frameworks is rarely treated in different literatures. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to fill this gap first by showing the linkage between local norms and values, and functioning of this court, and then make analysis on judgments it rendered by taking some case studies in light of some major international and regional human rights instruments ratified and adopted by Ethiopia. To realize the intended objectives, the study employed qualitative research approach. Important data for the study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected using instruments such as key informants interview, observation, and case study. The data collected from both sources were organized and analyzed qualitatively. The findings of the study revealed that, women‟s property inheritance rights are violated by judgments of this court especially when property to be inherited are valuable assets like land, house and livestock‟s like oxen, horses and etc. As a result women and children of the study area are severely affected economically and socially.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2019 12:51
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2019 12:51
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9309

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