Workshop participants by gender Workshop participants by location Testimonials “I would like to thank the LRF for conducting this workshop on inheritance law. My husband passed away in 2009. We were married in terms of the Marriage Act, Chapter 5:11. After his death, I expressed the wish to have my late husband’s estate registered so that our matrimonial home could be changed into my name. However, my in-laws expressed dissatisfaction with that and threatened to evict me from the property if I went ahead and registered the estate. Because I was not familiar with what the law says in that area, I bowed down to their wishes. One day I was invited to a workshop in Tshabalala and the lady who was facilitating spoke on inheritance laws and what the law says about registering an estate. I was so relieved and actually saw that my in-laws just wanted to cheat me. Now I am confident to start the process of registering the estate. Thank you.” A visually impaired participant at a workshop in Zaka on the Declaration of Rights: “I am very happy to learn about my rights as a person who is always oppressed by the community. I hope that if my rights are infringed your offices will help me defend my rights.” “I am happy that my village head is here at this meeting hearing that nobody should be forced to practice “Chivanhu” (traditional beliefs). This workshop has rescued me and many others. Thanks to Legal Resources Foundation.” “I am so grateful for this workshop, our general belief was that since we paid lobola for our wives we had the right to demand conjugal rights and our wives had to comply as and when we demanded. However, I now realise that this is wrong. My wife is also a human being with feelings and I need to respect her.” “At Chikombedzi hospital, they used to say if a person does not have cash they could not attend to him/her. I spoke to them and told them that every person, whether poor or rich, should have access to health. The nurses understood and now they are attending to all people even if a person does not have money, so learning about socio-economic rights helped us greatly.” Legal Resources Foundation Annual Report 2015 13