Land rights for widows?

If a woman loses her husband, she is also at risk, in many countries, of losing the land and property on which her survival depends. Prisca Ngum, a widow in Cameroon, describes her experience, and questions the tradition that widows should have no rights to their late husband?s property.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: Audio
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2001
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57228
Description
Summary:If a woman loses her husband, she is also at risk, in many countries, of losing the land and property on which her survival depends. Prisca Ngum, a widow in Cameroon, describes her experience, and questions the tradition that widows should have no rights to their late husband?s property.