Latest items for Malawi
Aug. 30, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Upon intestacy, the persons entitled to inherit the intestate of fair property shall be the members of the immediate family and dependents of the intestate, and their shares shall be ascertained upon the following principles of fair distribution—(a) protection shall be provided for members of the immediate family and dependents from hardship so far as the property available for distribution can provide such protection; (b) every spouse of the intestate shall be entitled to retain all the household belongings which belong to his or her household; (c) if any property shall remain after paragraphs (a) and (b) have been complied with, the remaining property shall be divided between the surviving...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"Upon intestacy, the persons entitled to inherit the intestate of fair property shall be the members of the immediate family and dependents of the intestate, and their shares shall be ascertained upon the following principles of fair distribution—(a) protection shall be provided for members of the immediate family and dependents from hardship so far as the property available for distribution can provide such protection; (b) every spouse of the intestate shall be entitled to retain all the household belongings which belong to his or her household; (c) if any property shall remain after paragraphs (a) and (b) have been complied with, the remaining property shall be divided between the surviving...more
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, Vietnam
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
1.0
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
1.0
April 30, 2023, 7:40 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
(CODER COMMENT- ERD: First cousins, but not second cousins are listed as prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity in section 15)
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
(CODER COMMENT- ERD: First cousins, but not second cousins are listed as prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity in section 15)
March 9, 2023, 1:36 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The single most important hope for most Chewa men, however, lay in the possibility of exploiting institutional arrangements for ameliorating or escaping the full consequences of uxorilocality...For example, they resort to cross-cousin marriages...The extent to which cross-cousin marriage was practised among the Chewa in the past is debatable, although most authorities believe that it was more common then than nowadays" (261).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The single most important hope for most Chewa men, however, lay in the possibility of exploiting institutional arrangements for ameliorating or escaping the full consequences of uxorilocality...For example, they resort to cross-cousin marriages...The extent to which cross-cousin marriage was practised among the Chewa in the past is debatable, although most authorities believe that it was more common then than nowadays" (261).
March 9, 2023, 1:26 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The Yao are a Bantu-speaking group in Malawi (formerly Nyasaland). The population in 1945, exclusive of a large number in Mozambique, was 360,000...According to Mitchell, the Yao had a strong tradition of cross-cousin marriage with some preference for the patrilateral cross-cousin. The Yao said that all first marriages of a man should be with a cross-cousin even though the frequency of such marriages was only 15 % (Mitchell 1956 : 200). However, the divorce rate was high – 80 % of men and women over 40 had been divorced at least once –and it may be that the total frequency of cross-cousin marriage was higher. Marriages to other types of...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The Yao are a Bantu-speaking group in Malawi (formerly Nyasaland). The population in 1945, exclusive of a large number in Mozambique, was 360,000...According to Mitchell, the Yao had a strong tradition of cross-cousin marriage with some preference for the patrilateral cross-cousin. The Yao said that all first marriages of a man should be with a cross-cousin even though the frequency of such marriages was only 15 % (Mitchell 1956 : 200). However, the divorce rate was high – 80 % of men and women over 40 had been divorced at least once –and it may be that the total frequency of cross-cousin marriage was higher. Marriages to other types of...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Maggie’s case is emblematic of a wider issue with Malawi’s response to sex trafficking. Malawi is a source, destination, and transit country. Women and girls are trafficked from Malawi to the broader Southern Africa region and to parts of Europe and the Middle East. It is also a destination country for women and girls trafficked from other African countries such as Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia" (Para.7). "Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Maggie’s case is emblematic of a wider issue with Malawi’s response to sex trafficking. Malawi is a source, destination, and transit country. Women and girls are trafficked from Malawi to the broader Southern Africa region and to parts of Europe and the Middle East. It is also a destination country for women and girls trafficked from other African countries such as Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia" (Para.7). "Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Trafficking in Malawi manifests in various forms including exploitation through prostitution, child marriage, exploitation of children in the agricultural and tourism sectors, and in domestic work. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is one of the most prevalent forms of sexual exploitation in Malawi. Children who are not registered at birth in most instances never formally acquire a nationality and are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation" (Para.9).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Trafficking in Malawi manifests in various forms including exploitation through prostitution, child marriage, exploitation of children in the agricultural and tourism sectors, and in domestic work. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is one of the most prevalent forms of sexual exploitation in Malawi. Children who are not registered at birth in most instances never formally acquire a nationality and are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation" (Para.9).
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"This is despite Malawi’s robust legal framework which offers protections for women and girls against sex trafficking in its various manifestations. Malawi enacted its Trafficking in Persons Act, 2015 to make provision for the prevention and elimination of trafficking in persons including for sexual exploitation. The Act prescribes punishment of up to 14 years imprisonment for offenses involving an adult and up to 21 years imprisonment for those involving a child. The Child Care, Protection and Justice Act prescribes offenses of trafficking involving children and imposes a life sentence." (Para.2).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"This is despite Malawi’s robust legal framework which offers protections for women and girls against sex trafficking in its various manifestations. Malawi enacted its Trafficking in Persons Act, 2015 to make provision for the prevention and elimination of trafficking in persons including for sexual exploitation. The Act prescribes punishment of up to 14 years imprisonment for offenses involving an adult and up to 21 years imprisonment for those involving a child. The Child Care, Protection and Justice Act prescribes offenses of trafficking involving children and imposes a life sentence." (Para.2).
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local bars and rest houses where they are coerced to have sex with customers. Women and girls may also be trafficked by truck drivers along major truck routes who promise them jobs, marriage, and education but the end destination for them is not employment but a life of sexual abuse and exploitation. Such criminal activity generates high profits for perpetrators and comes with a low risk of...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local bars and rest houses where they are coerced to have sex with customers. Women and girls may also be trafficked by truck drivers along major truck routes who promise them jobs, marriage, and education but the end destination for them is not employment but a life of sexual abuse and exploitation. Such criminal activity generates high profits for perpetrators and comes with a low risk of...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"This is despite Malawi’s robust legal framework which offers protections for women and girls against sex trafficking in its various manifestations. Malawi enacted its Trafficking in Persons Act, 2015 to make provision for the prevention and elimination of trafficking in persons including for sexual exploitation. The Act prescribes punishment of up to 14 years imprisonment for offenses involving an adult and up to 21 years imprisonment for those involving a child. The Child Care, Protection and Justice Act prescribes offenses of trafficking involving children and imposes a life sentence." (Para.2). "In order to realize their regional and international obligations under the Palermo Protocol and the Maputo Protocol, the government of...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"This is despite Malawi’s robust legal framework which offers protections for women and girls against sex trafficking in its various manifestations. Malawi enacted its Trafficking in Persons Act, 2015 to make provision for the prevention and elimination of trafficking in persons including for sexual exploitation. The Act prescribes punishment of up to 14 years imprisonment for offenses involving an adult and up to 21 years imprisonment for those involving a child. The Child Care, Protection and Justice Act prescribes offenses of trafficking involving children and imposes a life sentence." (Para.2). "In order to realize their regional and international obligations under the Palermo Protocol and the Maputo Protocol, the government of...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, TRAFF-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-2
"In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violence before their 18th birthday. One particularly prevalent form of violence and abuse is trafficking for sexual exploitation (sex trafficking). Research reports reveal that in identified hotspots, there are between 500 to 1,500 women and children trafficked within Malawi annually, with at least 30% of those aged between 14 and 18 years." (Para.1).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, TRAFF-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-2
"In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violence before their 18th birthday. One particularly prevalent form of violence and abuse is trafficking for sexual exploitation (sex trafficking). Research reports reveal that in identified hotspots, there are between 500 to 1,500 women and children trafficked within Malawi annually, with at least 30% of those aged between 14 and 18 years." (Para.1).
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violence before their 18th birthday. One particularly prevalent form of violence and abuse is trafficking for sexual exploitation (sex trafficking). Research reports reveal that in identified hotspots, there are between 500 to 1,500 women and children trafficked within Malawi annually, with at least 30% of those aged between 14 and 18 years." (Para.1). "Maggie’s case is emblematic of a wider issue with Malawi’s response to sex trafficking. Malawi is a source, destination, and transit country. Women and girls are trafficked from Malawi to the broader Southern Africa region...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violence before their 18th birthday. One particularly prevalent form of violence and abuse is trafficking for sexual exploitation (sex trafficking). Research reports reveal that in identified hotspots, there are between 500 to 1,500 women and children trafficked within Malawi annually, with at least 30% of those aged between 14 and 18 years." (Para.1). "Maggie’s case is emblematic of a wider issue with Malawi’s response to sex trafficking. Malawi is a source, destination, and transit country. Women and girls are trafficked from Malawi to the broader Southern Africa region...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"Together with our partner, People Serving Girls at Risk (PSGR), we’ve been attempting to support Maggie*, a survivor of sex trafficking as a minor, to access justice since 2018. Her case demonstrates numerous failures of law enforcement and the judicial system. Following our research, it is clear that the justice system in Malawi is failing to fulfill its statutory and international law obligations, including the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child." (Para.5). "In marking the Day of the African Child today, we have filed a communication at the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child against the government of Malawi for...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"Together with our partner, People Serving Girls at Risk (PSGR), we’ve been attempting to support Maggie*, a survivor of sex trafficking as a minor, to access justice since 2018. Her case demonstrates numerous failures of law enforcement and the judicial system. Following our research, it is clear that the justice system in Malawi is failing to fulfill its statutory and international law obligations, including the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child." (Para.5). "In marking the Day of the African Child today, we have filed a communication at the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child against the government of Malawi for...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Strong laws are the first line of defense against sexual exploitation, but strong implementation is equally critical in ensuring protection for women and girls. In Malawi, few perpetrators of sex trafficking are held to account for their violations highlighting the gap between the law and implementation with regard to this violation." (Para.3). "The justice system in Malawi is failing survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking. Law enforcement is failing to investigate or prosecute cases properly, if at all. In 2021 for example, Malawi did not report investigating any sex trafficking crimes with most of the cases reported relating to trafficking for labor exploitation. When the few cases that make it...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Strong laws are the first line of defense against sexual exploitation, but strong implementation is equally critical in ensuring protection for women and girls. In Malawi, few perpetrators of sex trafficking are held to account for their violations highlighting the gap between the law and implementation with regard to this violation." (Para.3). "The justice system in Malawi is failing survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking. Law enforcement is failing to investigate or prosecute cases properly, if at all. In 2021 for example, Malawi did not report investigating any sex trafficking crimes with most of the cases reported relating to trafficking for labor exploitation. When the few cases that make it...more
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Does the law prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender? No No applicable provisions could be located Can a woman sign a contract in the same way as a man? Yes women’s Property Act, Art. 1(2) and (3) Can a woman register a business in the same way as a man? Yes Business Registration Act, 2013, Secs. 3 and 5 Can a woman open a bank account in the same way as man? Yes No restrictions could be located. Do men and women have equal ownership rights to immovable property? Yes Married Women’s Property Act, Secs. 1, 2 and 5" (2). The most recent laws noted in the...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Does the law prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender? No No applicable provisions could be located Can a woman sign a contract in the same way as a man? Yes women’s Property Act, Art. 1(2) and (3) Can a woman register a business in the same way as a man? Yes Business Registration Act, 2013, Secs. 3 and 5 Can a woman open a bank account in the same way as man? Yes No restrictions could be located. Do men and women have equal ownership rights to immovable property? Yes Married Women’s Property Act, Secs. 1, 2 and 5" (2). The most recent laws noted in the...more
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"Do female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets? Yes Deceased Estates (Wills, Inheritance and Protection) Act, Sec. 17" (2). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2011) relating to inheritance as wife are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"Do female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets? Yes Deceased Estates (Wills, Inheritance and Protection) Act, Sec. 17" (2). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2011) relating to inheritance as wife are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Do sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents? Yes Deceased Estates (Wills, Inheritance and Protection) Act, Sec. 17" (2). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2011) relating to inheritance as daughters are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Do sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents? Yes Deceased Estates (Wills, Inheritance and Protection) Act, Sec. 17" (2). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2011) relating to inheritance as daughters are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1
The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2015) relating to marriage, divorce and family relations are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1
The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2015) relating to marriage, divorce and family relations are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, Art. 74(g).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, Art. 74(g).
Dec. 29, 2022, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Dec. 29, 2022, 12:22 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2
"Ritual attacks on children – especially those with albinism – are also often motivated by greed, a desire for power or a belief that their body parts can stave off ancestral wrath and cure everything from male impotency to poverty. Girls with albinism and mothers of children with albinism suffer extreme violence, including having their arms and legs hacked off while still alive... In Malawi, new laws resulted in reported attacks on people with albinism declining from 60 in 2016 to four in 2021" (para 8, 10).
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Chad, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Qatar, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Taiwan, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
5.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
5.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Central African Rep, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
2.0
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
2.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Barbados, Brunei, Central African Rep, Chad, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
2.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
2.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Barbados, Bhutan, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Congo, D R Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Suriname, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
1.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
1.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Barbados, Brunei, Central African Rep, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
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Variables: ATC-DATA-6
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Aug. 2, 2022, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Rights to land through marriage and inheritance are governed by one of two customary systems in Malawi. Under the matrilineal system prevalent in the central and southern regions of the country, land is handed down through the female line, while under the patrilineal system in the northern region, land is transferred from fathers to sons" (para 14-15).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Rights to land through marriage and inheritance are governed by one of two customary systems in Malawi. Under the matrilineal system prevalent in the central and southern regions of the country, land is handed down through the female line, while under the patrilineal system in the northern region, land is transferred from fathers to sons" (para 14-15).
Aug. 2, 2022, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1
"When her husband passed away, Nkalawire’s relatives would not allow her to keep the plot because cultural norms dictate that widowed or abandoned women cannot own land, even if they have a legal claim to it" (para 3). "'I was allowed to live on the land that we had acquired ... for only six months before my in-laws finally moved me from the land after the ceremony,' Nkalawire told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Although women comprise about 70 percent of Malawi’s agricultural workforce, many lack access to land and other resources, according to U.N. Women. Data on women’s land ownership is scarce but a 2015 report by the U.S. Agency...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1
"When her husband passed away, Nkalawire’s relatives would not allow her to keep the plot because cultural norms dictate that widowed or abandoned women cannot own land, even if they have a legal claim to it" (para 3). "'I was allowed to live on the land that we had acquired ... for only six months before my in-laws finally moved me from the land after the ceremony,' Nkalawire told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Although women comprise about 70 percent of Malawi’s agricultural workforce, many lack access to land and other resources, according to U.N. Women. Data on women’s land ownership is scarce but a 2015 report by the U.S. Agency...more
Aug. 2, 2022, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"If no one is interested in the widow, her late husband’s property is shared between his relatives and the woman but in most cases she loses the property - including land she may have bought herself - to men" (10). "But despite these legal advances, many women are still denied the right to own property due to practices that discriminate against them, said Emma Kaliya, head of the Gender Coordination Network, a grouping of Malawian charities that work on gender equality" (para 17). "While women from matrilineal families are commonly thought to enjoy land rights, that is seldom the case in practice, said Bridget Matinga-Katunda, a researcher at Stellenbosch University...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"If no one is interested in the widow, her late husband’s property is shared between his relatives and the woman but in most cases she loses the property - including land she may have bought herself - to men" (10). "But despite these legal advances, many women are still denied the right to own property due to practices that discriminate against them, said Emma Kaliya, head of the Gender Coordination Network, a grouping of Malawian charities that work on gender equality" (para 17). "While women from matrilineal families are commonly thought to enjoy land rights, that is seldom the case in practice, said Bridget Matinga-Katunda, a researcher at Stellenbosch University...more
Aug. 2, 2022, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"'However, trouble brews (if) the woman is divorced or loses her husband ... as she has to go back to her ancestral home where she has challenges accessing land,' said Waluza" (25).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"'However, trouble brews (if) the woman is divorced or loses her husband ... as she has to go back to her ancestral home where she has challenges accessing land,' said Waluza" (25).