In the matter between Mary- Joyce Doo Aphane and The Registrar of Deeds (1st Respondent); Minister of Justice & constitutional Affairs (2nd Respondent); Attorney General (3rd Respondent) In the High Court of Swaziland.

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To view the full Judgment of the Appeal case of  Mary- Joyce Doo -v- The Registrar of Deeds and others click here

UN-HABITAT, ‘Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective,’ 2011.

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http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=3138&alt=1

Judges discussion on matrimonial property rights between spouses

Judges discussing matrimonial property rights in Malawi

WOMEN AND LAW IN SOUTHERN AFRICA RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST-MALAWI (WLSA MALAWI) AND WOMEN INHERITANCE NOW – AFRICA Recognizing Non-Monetary Contribution by Married Women to Controlling and Owning Of Matrimonial Property   Judges Discussion on the subject                                        [...]

Women’s Property Rights under Customary Law – SA

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See…WLC_women-property 2011 Written by Christina Beninger Edited by Jennifer Williams – Women’s Legal Resource Centre – Capetown

Victory for Women in Malawi

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November 22, 2011 | by Tamar Ezer Article found at http://blog.soros.org/2011/11/victory-for-women-in-malawi/ November has been a good month for women in Malawi. Parliament finally recognized that women have the right to inherit from the marital estate. In the past, after the death of her husband, a woman and her children were often left with nothing, no [...]

Know KELIN – Kenya’s Allan Maleche

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WLSA Zimbabwe Newsletter, October, 2011

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Engaging men as agents of change; Will writing, a saviour for deceased estates; Title deeds rid women’s hardships… Read this and more in …WLSA ZIM Newsletter for October, 2011

WLSA Malawi’s fight for inheritance law sees the law passed

National Coordinator, Seodi White presenting certificate to one of graduants of RELECT Learning in Mangochi who were drilled on inheritance and property rights

…gives hope to widows and children For almost 12 years WLSA Malawi has fought to have the inheritance laws in Malawi changed. The success story is that the reformed law has now been passed by Malawi Parliament after being thrown out of during last year’s sitting of Parliament. The President of Malawi, Dr Bingu wa [...]

WLSA Malawi graduates REFLECT students in 5 learning centres

WLSA Malawi Board Chair Grace Malindi dances to the tune with the graduating women along side WLSA board member Hazel Manda (to her right)

  It was such a colourful occasion when WLSA Malawi graduated its students who have relentlessly gone through one-year training in adult literacy using a Gendered and a Rights Based Approach in five learning centres from 26th September to 30th September. The event occurred in five learning centres that are situated in five traditional authorities [...]

2009 Strategy Conference for “The Legal Network for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights

Some of the Conference participants: Sitting from left to right: - Patricia (Kenya), Jean (Uganda), Violet (Kenya), Tamar Ezer (OSI), Yvonne (Zimbabwe), Genet (Ethiopia) and Grace (Kenya). Standing from left to right:- Anna (Uganda), Hilda (Tanzania), Milly (Kenya), Mbatha (South Africa), Catherine (Kenya), Mary Frances (Kenya), Seodi White (Malawi), Annette (Rwanda) and Louise (OSI)

Conference Report This report covers proceedings at the regional conference held at the Hill Park Hotel Kenya 25-27 May 2009. The conference was a joint initiative of FIDA Kenya and  WLSA Malawi and brought together 20 participants from different countries in the eastern and southern Africa region and in particular  South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,  Malawi, [...]

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