these multiple constraints contribute to low agricultural productivity chapter of this report as well as limiting the dynamic potential of female ventures in rural areas and thus risk inhibiting the longterm growth and diversification potential of rural economies women have land ownership rights in all these countries and in only one democratic republic of the congo is this affected by their marital status however formal discrimination persists in inheritance rights in a number of countries women have inheritance rights as daughters or surviving spouses in cases but not in seven others bangladesh nepal senegal sudan uganda united republic of tanzania and yemen and in one other lesotho daughters do not have equal rights with sons