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2010-02-16 |
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Gov. Targets 50 Percent Land-Holding for Women
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Harare, Jan 2010 — Government will address gender imbalances by increasing the percentage of landholding by women to 50.
According to the National Women's Economic De...read
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2009-08-24 |
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Women Want Land to Call Their Own
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CAPE TOWN, Aug 10 (IPS) - In 1956, twenty thousand women marched to parliament to protest discriminatory pass laws. The march, commemorated as Women’s Day in South Africa on Aug. 9 each year, has become iconic of women’s quest for equality.
A democratic constitution has replaced apartheid laws, but the r...read
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2009-07-23 |
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Court rules in favour of Muslim widows
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ALL the widows of a polygynous Muslim marriage — entered into under Muslim personal law — will be entitled to claim from the estate of a husband who dies without leaving a will, the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday.
Previously, the Intestate Succession Act recognised only one spouse, making it diffic...read
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2009-07-08 |
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Global Economic Crisis Impacts African women
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Over the last two years Africa has been severely affected by the downturn in the world economy, resulting in 53 million more people being thrust into poverty. As a result of the legacy of colonialism and neocolonialism, the prices of exports from the continent have gone down while the cost of food, fuel and ot...read
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2009-07-08 |
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Women Appeal to Africa Leaders on Gender Issues
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Leading up to the AU SummitLeading up to the AU Summit, advocates for women's rights stressed the necessity of implementing existing protocols on gender equality on the continent. In a two-day pre-summit on women, the AU Agricultural Commissioner Rhoda Peace Tumuslime delivered a report on the status of gender equality on the cont...read
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