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Women Win Inheritance Rights in Botswana

The Court of Appeal has upheld the right of four sisters to inherit their family home despite a cultural norm that favours male inheritance.

  • Botswana:   Women Win Right to Inherit

    AlertNet, 4 September 2013

    A Botswana court made history Tuesday by upholding the right of women to inherit under customary law and rejecting the tradition of males as sole heirs, according to a report in… Read more »

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A woman holds her baby in Botswana.

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