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Map I HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | JANUARY 2017

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“You Will Get Nothing” Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe

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Date recorded: Jan 31, 2017

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Women

Summary: Zimbabwean law provides for relatively equal property and inheritance rights for men and women. However, many of the women Human Rights Watch interviewed struggled to claim those rights for reasons unique to their status as widows. In Zimbabwe’s recent history, men traditionally owned all family property, and when women were widowed, they were often “inherited” as wives by male relatives of their deceased spouse.

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Widow's report.pdf
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