Abstract
abstract In many African societies, there are unwritten customary laws that are oppressive to women. This briefing examines some cultural attitudes and practices in Nigeria that violate women's property rights both in paternal and matrimonial families. It presents various forms of violation of women's property rights from girlhood to widowhood, citing cases from some ethnic groups in Nigeria. It discusses discrimination in the form of noninheritance of property from parents, loss of matrimonial property due to divorce, disinheritance and physical illtreatment of widows. The briefing proffers recommendations to change the biased cultural attitudes against females, strengthen the laws that support property rights of women and provide legal literacy and support for women, especially widows, whose property rights have been violated.
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