concluding observations jordan fifth periodic report concluding observations bahamas combined first thru fifth periodic report in her report she makes it clear that when a woman is unable to access adequate housing and land mainly because she is a woman she is not only affected in terms of her immediate material needs she is also relegated to a subordinate and dependent position within society because of her gender ensuring that women have access to and control over vital resources such as housing and land is essential to challenging and changing gender power structures and patterns of gender inequality which continue to oppress exclude and relegate women to the margins the treaties on the face of it take a fairly formal equality view of this issue