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06/16/04: Factual Aspects FC.4: Inheritance & Property; FD.2: Cruelty to Widows

Africa's Homeless Widows
Women feed Africa. They grow 80 percent of the continent's food, yet the land they cultivate is not theirs. Women own only 1 percent of the land in sub-Saharan Africa. Tradition says that when a man dies, his property passes to his adult sons or brothers. The widow and her children are often evicted and left destitute.
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