in that case the petitioner challenged the application of article of the peruvian civil code which stipulated that when a woman is married only her husband is entitled to represent their matrimonial property before the courts it also stated that in countries undergoing agrarian reform or land redistribution the right of women regardless of marital status to share such redistributed land on equal terms with men should be carefully observed in some instances women are granted limited and controlled rights and receive income only from the deceased s property