Botswana: Laying Down the Law On Women's Rights

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Johannesburg), 6 November 2012

Four elderly sisters got to breathe a sigh of relief in Botswana in October. Due to a bombshell judgment from the Botswana High Court, they were able to stave off an eviction from their home by other family members. It was a life-changing legal victory for the sisters - but also a precedent-setting case for women across the region.