{"id":29093,"date":"2026-03-18T08:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=29093"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:34:47","slug":"some-women-inherit-land-but-not-its-deeds-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/03\/some-women-inherit-land-but-not-its-deeds-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Some women inherit land, but not its deeds in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although women\u2019s right to own land is recognized under law and Islamic Sharia in Afghanistan, some women engaged in farming lands in Faryab say they have been denied this right. They explain that, despite inheriting agricultural land and putting in years of hard work in plowing, sowing, irrigating, and harvesting\u2014the land deeds have still not been registered in their names due to incorrect social customs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zarghona, 38-year-old from Maimana city in Faryab, says she has worked on her family\u2019s farmland for many years. Despite having a legal share of the inheritance, the official land deed is registered in her brother\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work on this land and have an inheritance share, but the land\u2019s deed is in my brother\u2019s name. When the inheritance was divided, no one told me that it should be registered in my name. They always said my share was secure this way.\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Shakila, 35-year-old, another resident of Maimana city, says she also has a share in land left by her father. However, decisions about selling or leasing the land are made by the male members of her family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have worked on this land for years, but the land\u2019s deed is not in my name. If the family supported me, I could register my land in my own name.\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Bibi Amena, 45-year-old, from \u2018Belcheragh\u2019 district of Faryab, says that after her father\u2019s death, the land was divided among her brothers, and she was unable to obtain her rightful share due to incorrect social customs. She says,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my father passed away, the land was divided among my brothers, but I received nothing. I also worked on that land, but they said land belongs to men. Up to this day, I have not been able to take my share.\u201d<\/p>\n

She adds that she made efforts to raise the issue with her family but faced opposition and has not yet taken formal legal steps to receive her rights.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, several legal experts and religious scholars state that, under Afghanistan\u2019s laws and Islamic Sharia, women and men have equal rights to own land. Mohammad Aref Noor, a legal expert, says,<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the law and Islamic Sharia, women have the right to own land and to register it in their own names. There are no legal restrictions in this regard. However, in some cases, social challenges prevent women from exercising this right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdullah, a religious scholar, also says, \u201cUnder Islamic Sharia, women, like men, have the right to own property. No one has the right to deprive them of registering land in their own names.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials from the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Faryab have also emphasized women\u2019s full ownership rights. They say that if women are prevented their share inheritance or if their property is unlawfully taken, the matter will be referred to the relevant judicial authorities.<\/p>\n

Sebghatullah, head of the department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Faryab, says, \u201cIn Islamic Sharia, women have ownership rights, and no one can deprive them of this right. If a complaint is received, it will be reviewed and action will be taken to resolve them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the recognition of women\u2019s property rights in both law and Sharia, a gap remains between the law and social reality, where traditional practices continue to deprive women of their property rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although women\u2019s right to own land is recognized under law and Islamic Sharia in Afghanistan, some women engaged in farming lands in Faryab say they have been denied this right. They explain that, despite inheriting agricultural land and putting in years of hard work in plowing, sowing, irrigating, and harvesting\u2014the land deeds have still not been registered in their names due to incorrect social customs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,9,16,977,980,24],"tags":[12,207,1670,1671],"class_list":["post-29093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-soceity","category-report","category-women-rights","category-society-culture","category-women","tag-afghanistan","tag-women","tag-inherit-land","tag-deeds"],"views":35,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29105,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions\/29105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}