Latest items for WR-PRACTICE-1
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The most common type of union is customary marriage, and 84 per cent of surviving spouses had contracted such a union with their deceased spouse" (26).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The most common type of union is customary marriage, and 84 per cent of surviving spouses had contracted such a union with their deceased spouse" (26).
Aug. 25, 2023, 3:05 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Due to persisting patrilineal traditions in China, remarriage also remains negatively stigmatized as many Chinese men are reluctant to foster someone else’s bloodline" (para 8).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Due to persisting patrilineal traditions in China, remarriage also remains negatively stigmatized as many Chinese men are reluctant to foster someone else’s bloodline" (para 8).
May 19, 2023, 2:31 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7, WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"In Becheve, once a lady is sold out for money marriage, her family considers her dead and under no circumstance is she to return to them. Even if she ends up being maltreated by the new husband, there is no way she can return to her parents. In worse cases where the husband dies, the money wife is then given to the late husband’s next of kin as a wife. However, if the money wife dies without bearing children, her parents would have to bring a replacement" (Para.15-16).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7, WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"In Becheve, once a lady is sold out for money marriage, her family considers her dead and under no circumstance is she to return to them. Even if she ends up being maltreated by the new husband, there is no way she can return to her parents. In worse cases where the husband dies, the money wife is then given to the late husband’s next of kin as a wife. However, if the money wife dies without bearing children, her parents would have to bring a replacement" (Para.15-16).
Dec. 9, 2022, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"For young widows…it can be even harder to hold on to marital property. 'You're considered less entitled to it because you're expected to remarry,' … says [Doreen Kajuju Kimathi] (para 7).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"For young widows…it can be even harder to hold on to marital property. 'You're considered less entitled to it because you're expected to remarry,' … says [Doreen Kajuju Kimathi] (para 7).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A widow may remarry only after 4 months and ten days after her husband passes away per Islamic custom" (1).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A widow may remarry only after 4 months and ten days after her husband passes away per Islamic custom" (1).
Dec. 17, 2021, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"Societal violence against women included traditional practices, such as ... levirate (forcing a widow to marry her dead husband’s brother)" (19).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"Societal violence against women included traditional practices, such as ... levirate (forcing a widow to marry her dead husband’s brother)" (19).
Aug. 3, 2021, 12:21 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The next day, Rose says she was taken to a village gathering, where she was asked to marry one of her husband's siblings or another man from the community. 'They said I should choose a husband in replacement of my late husband. I was shocked ... one of the men said I could choose my son and I did, but most of them were not happy with that option,' she says, her gaze fixed on her husband's photograph as she recounted the ordeal" (para 23-24).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The next day, Rose says she was taken to a village gathering, where she was asked to marry one of her husband's siblings or another man from the community. 'They said I should choose a husband in replacement of my late husband. I was shocked ... one of the men said I could choose my son and I did, but most of them were not happy with that option,' she says, her gaze fixed on her husband's photograph as she recounted the ordeal" (para 23-24).
July 30, 2021, 2:25 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"...The loss of land is also often orchestrated by male relatives under the guise of 'a widowed woman must be inherited', the question that needs asking is what is the economic value of wife inheritance? Women who refuse to be inherited are ostracised by family members both males and females. To make the situation more complicated the councils of elders in many communities comprise entirely of men who are supposed to be custodians of culture thus reinforcing the discriminative stance towards women and girls when it comes to control and access to property rights" (para 4).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"...The loss of land is also often orchestrated by male relatives under the guise of 'a widowed woman must be inherited', the question that needs asking is what is the economic value of wife inheritance? Women who refuse to be inherited are ostracised by family members both males and females. To make the situation more complicated the councils of elders in many communities comprise entirely of men who are supposed to be custodians of culture thus reinforcing the discriminative stance towards women and girls when it comes to control and access to property rights" (para 4).
June 25, 2021, 11:51 a.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"In some ethnic groups, men could “inherit” the widows of their deceased brothers" (p 29).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"In some ethnic groups, men could “inherit” the widows of their deceased brothers" (p 29).
Feb. 10, 2021, 1:09 a.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"'A child widow's job is to repent and atone. They live a life virtually devoid of pleasure and must wear no other color but white. They must eschew jewelry, meat, fish, and social gatherings, even with family. Temples are off limits and they are not allowed to remarry. They must not leave the house or look men in the eye, as it is said that a widows gaze will bring bad luck,' Basu added" (para 10).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"'A child widow's job is to repent and atone. They live a life virtually devoid of pleasure and must wear no other color but white. They must eschew jewelry, meat, fish, and social gatherings, even with family. Temples are off limits and they are not allowed to remarry. They must not leave the house or look men in the eye, as it is said that a widows gaze will bring bad luck,' Basu added" (para 10).
Dec. 31, 2020, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A landmark consensus agreed by Islamic scholars (Ulema) regarding the waiting period for ‘half-widows’ to remarry in four years will have an unprecedented impact on the lives of Kashmir’s forgotten survivors. Decades of conflict have produced many half-widows, women whose husbands have disappeared but are not yet declared deceased. Since most of the disappeared men are from rural Kashmir, these widows usually live impoverished lives often facing various socio-economic and emotional uncertainties such as lack of property rights, right to compensation and the right to remarry. The joint agreement means that the wives of Kashmiri men who have disappeared during the Kashmir conflict are allowed to remarry four years after...more
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A landmark consensus agreed by Islamic scholars (Ulema) regarding the waiting period for ‘half-widows’ to remarry in four years will have an unprecedented impact on the lives of Kashmir’s forgotten survivors. Decades of conflict have produced many half-widows, women whose husbands have disappeared but are not yet declared deceased. Since most of the disappeared men are from rural Kashmir, these widows usually live impoverished lives often facing various socio-economic and emotional uncertainties such as lack of property rights, right to compensation and the right to remarry. The joint agreement means that the wives of Kashmiri men who have disappeared during the Kashmir conflict are allowed to remarry four years after...more
Sept. 26, 2020, 6:47 p.m.
Countries: Kuwait
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Kuwaiti personal status law, which applies to Sunni Muslims who make up the majority of Kuwaitis, discriminates against women [ . . . ] women can lose custody of their children if they remarry someone outside the former husband’s family" (para 17).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Kuwaiti personal status law, which applies to Sunni Muslims who make up the majority of Kuwaitis, discriminates against women [ . . . ] women can lose custody of their children if they remarry someone outside the former husband’s family" (para 17).
May 29, 2020, 12:04 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Women who flee violent relationships don't necessarily want to marry again. Neither do widows who are often pressured to wed a brother of their husband so that their children have a male guardian" (para 5). "That decision [not to remarry] makes them among Afghan society's most vulnerable. Many are disowned by their families. They may be harassed or abused. And with 60 percent of the country unemployed, every woman must find a way to support her children" (para 6).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Women who flee violent relationships don't necessarily want to marry again. Neither do widows who are often pressured to wed a brother of their husband so that their children have a male guardian" (para 5). "That decision [not to remarry] makes them among Afghan society's most vulnerable. Many are disowned by their families. They may be harassed or abused. And with 60 percent of the country unemployed, every woman must find a way to support her children" (para 6).
April 24, 2020, 9:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The next day, Rose says she was taken to a village gathering, where she was asked to marry one of her husband's siblings or another man from the community." (para 23). "They said I should choose a husband in replacement of my late husband. I was shocked ... one of the men said I could choose my son and I did, but most of them were not happy with that option,' she says, her gaze fixed on her husband's photograph as she recounted the ordeal." (para 24).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The next day, Rose says she was taken to a village gathering, where she was asked to marry one of her husband's siblings or another man from the community." (para 23). "They said I should choose a husband in replacement of my late husband. I was shocked ... one of the men said I could choose my son and I did, but most of them were not happy with that option,' she says, her gaze fixed on her husband's photograph as she recounted the ordeal." (para 24).
Dec. 8, 2019, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A Maharashtra state government order issued this week said the widows would also receive assistance with their children's education, and access to welfare benefits such as the rural jobs scheme" (para. 2). "Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, human rights activists said. 'The land does not get automatically transferred to the widow. It is often the husband's male relatives who will take it,' said Nirja Bhatnagar, a regional head at advocacy group ActionAid India. 'Woman are not even recognised as farmers. So having the land title in their name is crucial to enable them to take bank loans and...more
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A Maharashtra state government order issued this week said the widows would also receive assistance with their children's education, and access to welfare benefits such as the rural jobs scheme" (para. 2). "Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, human rights activists said. 'The land does not get automatically transferred to the widow. It is often the husband's male relatives who will take it,' said Nirja Bhatnagar, a regional head at advocacy group ActionAid India. 'Woman are not even recognised as farmers. So having the land title in their name is crucial to enable them to take bank loans and...more
Dec. 8, 2019, 8:17 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A Maharashtra state government order issued this week said the widows would also receive assistance with their children's education, and access to welfare benefits such as the rural jobs scheme" (para. 2). "Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, human rights activists said. 'The land does not get automatically transferred to the widow. It is often the husband's male relatives who will take it,' said Nirja Bhatnagar, a regional head at advocacy group ActionAid India. 'Woman are not even recognised as farmers. So having the land title in their name is crucial to enable them to take bank loans and...more
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A Maharashtra state government order issued this week said the widows would also receive assistance with their children's education, and access to welfare benefits such as the rural jobs scheme" (para. 2). "Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, human rights activists said. 'The land does not get automatically transferred to the widow. It is often the husband's male relatives who will take it,' said Nirja Bhatnagar, a regional head at advocacy group ActionAid India. 'Woman are not even recognised as farmers. So having the land title in their name is crucial to enable them to take bank loans and...more
Oct. 22, 2019, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Equatorial Guinea
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7, MARR-PRACTICE-8, WR-PRACTICE-1, PW-PRACTICE-3
"Although not widespread, levirate marriage, the practice by which a man is required to marry his brother’s widow, occurred" (20).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-7, MARR-PRACTICE-8, WR-PRACTICE-1, PW-PRACTICE-3
"Although not widespread, levirate marriage, the practice by which a man is required to marry his brother’s widow, occurred" (20).
July 17, 2019, 2:14 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"Widows were sometimes forcibly married to one of the deceased husband’s relatives to secure continued use of property left by the husband, including the marital home. To protect women, including widows, better, the government included provisions in the 2016 penal code addressing the eviction of one spouse from the marital home by any person other than the other spouse" (Pg 26).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, IW-PRACTICE-1
"Widows were sometimes forcibly married to one of the deceased husband’s relatives to secure continued use of property left by the husband, including the marital home. To protect women, including widows, better, the government included provisions in the 2016 penal code addressing the eviction of one spouse from the marital home by any person other than the other spouse" (Pg 26).
June 10, 2019, 8:03 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Some communities also continued the practice of forcing a widow to either marry one of her husband’s family members or, if she and her husband did not have children together, leave her husband’s home" (p. 14).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Some communities also continued the practice of forcing a widow to either marry one of her husband’s family members or, if she and her husband did not have children together, leave her husband’s home" (p. 14).
March 18, 2019, 9:18 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SMES-DATA-2, WR-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-2
In Afghanistan, "Widows cannot work, like most women in traditional areas, and any inheritance or property would go to her husband’s brothers, not to his widow or children."
Variables: SMES-DATA-2, WR-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-2
In Afghanistan, "Widows cannot work, like most women in traditional areas, and any inheritance or property would go to her husband’s brothers, not to his widow or children."
March 1, 2019, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Women were most likely to have seen a family planning message on television (45%). Eighteen percent had read a family planning message in a newspaper or magazine, and 12% heard a message on the radio. Nine percent of women were exposed to a family planning message through the Caravan of Health or the Program on Methods of Contraception. Very few women were exposed to family planning messages through mobile phones (2%). Almost half of women (49%) had no exposure to family planning messages through any of the five sources" (85).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"Women were most likely to have seen a family planning message on television (45%). Eighteen percent had read a family planning message in a newspaper or magazine, and 12% heard a message on the radio. Nine percent of women were exposed to a family planning message through the Caravan of Health or the Program on Methods of Contraception. Very few women were exposed to family planning messages through mobile phones (2%). Almost half of women (49%) had no exposure to family planning messages through any of the five sources" (85).
Sept. 26, 2018, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Eritrea
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, WR-LAW-1
"According to the 'period of widowhood' principle a woman is not allowed to remarry unless three hundred and six days have elapsed since the dissoluion of a previous marriage by death of her husband. However, if a woman does so, such a marriage cannot be invalidated on this ground alone" (4).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1, WR-LAW-1
"According to the 'period of widowhood' principle a woman is not allowed to remarry unless three hundred and six days have elapsed since the dissoluion of a previous marriage by death of her husband. However, if a woman does so, such a marriage cannot be invalidated on this ground alone" (4).
Sept. 24, 2018, 10:50 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: SMES-DATA-2, WR-PRACTICE-1
"The UN reported that displaced women, widows, and female-headed households were particularly vulnerable to abuse" (para 253)
Variables: SMES-DATA-2, WR-PRACTICE-1
"The UN reported that displaced women, widows, and female-headed households were particularly vulnerable to abuse" (para 253)
Sept. 4, 2018, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The practice of “purification,” whereby a widow is obligated to have unprotected sex with a member of her deceased husband’s family, continued, particularly in rural areas, despite a number of campaigns against it" (15).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The practice of “purification,” whereby a widow is obligated to have unprotected sex with a member of her deceased husband’s family, continued, particularly in rural areas, despite a number of campaigns against it" (15).
June 9, 2018, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee...remains concerned, however, about the persistence of...harmful practices, such as...widowhood rites such as widow inheritance" (5)
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee...remains concerned, however, about the persistence of...harmful practices, such as...widowhood rites such as widow inheritance" (5)
June 3, 2018, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-1
"Widows are often rejected as immoral or regarded as burdens: they suffer violence, expulsion, ostracism and sometimes forced remarriage, often with a brother-in-law, as reported by the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a rare study published in 2014," (1).
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-1
"Widows are often rejected as immoral or regarded as burdens: they suffer violence, expulsion, ostracism and sometimes forced remarriage, often with a brother-in-law, as reported by the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a rare study published in 2014," (1).
Feb. 14, 2018, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Palestine
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A woman whose husband dies does not received upkeep during the waiting period whether she is pregnant or not. The same is the case for the Christian communities" (68).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A woman whose husband dies does not received upkeep during the waiting period whether she is pregnant or not. The same is the case for the Christian communities" (68).
Dec. 15, 2017, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1
"Activist, firebrand and feminist are just a few of the terms used to describe Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, a former opposition MP and cabinet minister in Zimbabwe. No one would call her a pushover. Yet despite her connections and some of the country’s finest lawyers arguing her case, after her husband’s death she was forced empty-handed out of her matrimonial home of 13 years. Before Ms Misihairabwi-Mushonga was widowed she and her late husband owned three houses, including one in the leafy suburb of Mt Pleasant in the north of Harare. They shared bank accounts and owned several cars. Some of this was left to her in a will. Yet after her...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, WR-PRACTICE-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1
"Activist, firebrand and feminist are just a few of the terms used to describe Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, a former opposition MP and cabinet minister in Zimbabwe. No one would call her a pushover. Yet despite her connections and some of the country’s finest lawyers arguing her case, after her husband’s death she was forced empty-handed out of her matrimonial home of 13 years. Before Ms Misihairabwi-Mushonga was widowed she and her late husband owned three houses, including one in the leafy suburb of Mt Pleasant in the north of Harare. They shared bank accounts and owned several cars. Some of this was left to her in a will. Yet after her...more
Dec. 15, 2017, 10:34 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"It is not only the government that grabs other people’s stuff in Zimbabwe. In-laws do it, too. Tens of thousands of widows are stripped of their property after the death of their husbands. A report released this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an outfit based in New York, documents numerous cases of Zimbabwean widows losing their homes, the land that they had tended for years and even the fruit growing on their trees. Such abuses are common in many countries, HRW says. The Loomba Foundation, another NGO, estimates that 38m widows are extremely poor. . . . The country has an alarming number of widows: more than half of...more
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"It is not only the government that grabs other people’s stuff in Zimbabwe. In-laws do it, too. Tens of thousands of widows are stripped of their property after the death of their husbands. A report released this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an outfit based in New York, documents numerous cases of Zimbabwean widows losing their homes, the land that they had tended for years and even the fruit growing on their trees. Such abuses are common in many countries, HRW says. The Loomba Foundation, another NGO, estimates that 38m widows are extremely poor. . . . The country has an alarming number of widows: more than half of...more
Dec. 13, 2017, 4:23 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A member of Iraq’s parliament has put forward a proposal to legalise polygamy in the country to 'protect the dignity' of widows, divorced women, and older women who choose not to marry" (para 1). From this quote, it appears that women have a right to choose not to remarry if they do not wish to do so (AA-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-1
"A member of Iraq’s parliament has put forward a proposal to legalise polygamy in the country to 'protect the dignity' of widows, divorced women, and older women who choose not to marry" (para 1). From this quote, it appears that women have a right to choose not to remarry if they do not wish to do so (AA-CODER COMMENT).