Key Recommendations To the Government and Parliament of Zimbabwe • Amend all relevant laws and regulations to bring them in line with the 2013 constitution. • Introduce a system that ensures all existing and new marriages, including customary unions, are officially registered. • Allow the posthumous recognition of marriages and customary unions with witnesses to confirm the marriage of the widow’s choosing. • Engage in public awareness campaigns to end unlawful property grabbing and inform widows of their inheritance rights. • Ensure widows, including those in rural communities, have meaningful access to legal remedies to protect their rights to property and other related rights in cases of unlawful property or inheritance grabbing. 7 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | JANUARY 2017