To the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development • Support efforts to combat social exclusion, unlawful property grabbing, and other rights violations against widows. • Provide judges and traditional leaders with specialized training and space to discuss the challenges they face, which can help to build understanding of and commitment to gender equality. • Publicly condemn laws and customs that discriminate against women, and strongly support efforts to realize women’s equal property rights in law and in practice. To the Ministry of Land • Ensure that name changes to title deeds are affordable and accessible outside major cities. To the Ministry of Home Affairs • Work through the Department of the Registrar General to review the process of obtaining marriage certificates and death certificates to facilitate access for people living in rural areas, and people with low incomes. • Conduct effective awareness-raising activities for marriage registration, including education on requirements, and provide infrastructure to make registration accessible to all. • Conduct trainings with Zimbabwe Republic Police to support widows’ property rights. To Donors • International donors should support the constitutional alignment process, awareness raising, and legal aid as a priority, endorsing them as a necessary component for development and for compliance with human rights obligations. 51 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | JANUARY 2017