ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether the ground-breaking legitimisation of women’s inheritance rights has caused, or contributed to, a change in the gender relations of the indigenous people. It considers how women have fared since they won the court case in 1994, three years before the handover of Hong Kong to China. The chapter examines the contemporary situation of indigenous women and explores whether some women have benefited from the advantages of the new law and, if so, how they have been advantaged in terms of inheriting their patrilineal properties. It analyzes social structures and cultural attitudes towards gender relations in the walled villages and how they have changed since 1994. The chapter examines whether there is strong resistance to successfully curb the potential changes taking place within the villages. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
