Acknowledgments This report was researched and written by Bethany Brown, Older Persons’ Rights researcher in the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Dewa Mavhinga, senior researcher in the Africa Division, and Diederik Lohman, acting director of the Health and Human Rights Division, conducted additional research for the report. Diederik Lohman, Dewa Mavhinga, Janet Walsh, acting director of the Women’s Rights Division, and Zama Coursen-Neff, executive director of the Children’s Rights Division edited the report. Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor, provided legal oversight, and Babatunde Olugboji, deputy program director, provided a programmatic review for Human Rights Watch. Matthew Parsons, associate in the Health and Human Rights Division, provided production assistance and support. Layout and production were done by Olivia Hunter, photo and publications associate; Jose Martinez, senior coordinator; and Fitzroy Hepkins, production manager. Katherine D’Onfro, Alessia Frisoli, Jordan Lowmark, and Camryn Pearson, interns in the Health and Human Rights Division, provided research support. Human Rights Watch is grateful to Lucia Zanhi, Sally Dura, and Slyvia Chirawu, for supporting this research. Zanhi, legal director at Legal Resources Foundation, and her staff identified widows we interviewed and provided logistical support facilitating the travel of older widows to interview locations; Dura, director of the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe, organized a consultation that provided important insights into the situation of widows; and Slyvia Chirawu of Women and Law in Southern Africa, Research and Education Trust, generously shared her legal expertise and insights. We also appreciate the staff and widows affiliated with the Widows Empowerment Trust, Southern Africa Crises Management Agency, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, Nhaka Afrikan Worldview Trust, and the Pensioners Union Trust of Zimbabwe, who generously shared their insights. “YOU WILL GET NOTHING” 52