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SALC joins the fight to repeal Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs

Through the variety of legal cases and jurisdictions in which SALC has worked, SALC has developed expertise regarding women’s rights as well as comparative constitutional law and international and regional…

Staff Writer18 January 2012

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Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs is unconstitutional and must be repealed, says SALC

Johannesburg—The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today joined the fight to repeal parts of Lesotho’s discriminatory Chieftainship Act, which only allows the first-born son to succeed to chieftainship, by filing…

Staff Writer17 January 2012

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discriminatory Chieftainship Act

SALC joins the fight to repeal Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs

Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs is unconstitutional and must be repealed, says SALC

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