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  Widows Rights International
 

 

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  DATE: 11/15/05 ORIGIN: AFRICA / UGANDA
 

Widows Rights International concentrates on the lack of social justice for widows and the discrimination which they suffer.
Widows’ Rights  International supports organizations in South and West Asia and Africa working for social justice and human rights for widows including:

  • Right to keep their home and property
  • Right to inheritance and land ownership and possession
  • Right to keep their children
  • Right not to be forcibly married to the dead husband’s kin
  • Right to work outside the home
 
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