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Eswatini: A challenge to the customary principle of male primogeniture

SALC is working with Women and Law in Southern Africa’s Swaziland chapter (WLSA-Swaziland) on a case challenging the customary principle or practice of male primogeniture for being inconsistent with the…

Staff Writer25 April 2019

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Botswana: Women’s inheritance rights under customary law

SALC supported a case in Botswana before the High Court challenging a customary law rule which provides only for male inheritance of the family home.The case was an appeal from…

Staff Writer3 September 2013

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Eswatini: A challenge to the customary principle of male primogeniture

Botswana: Women’s inheritance rights under customary law

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