Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

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Cameroon: The practice of levirate marriage, including the regions of Cameroon where this tradition is widespread and the ethnic groups that practice it; the consequences if a widow refuses to take part in this practice, recourse and protection available, including police intervention in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé (June 2013-December 2014) 23 December 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Cameroun : information sur la pratique du lévirat, y compris les régions du Cameroun où cette tradition est répandue et les groupes ethniques qui la pratiquent; information sur les conséquences du refus pour une veuve de prendre part à cette pratique, les recours qui sont à sa disposition et la protection qui lui est offerte, y compris l'intervention de la police dans les villes de Douala et de Yaoundé (juin 2013-décembre 2014) 23 December 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Burkina Faso: The practice of levirate, including frequency and how long to wait after the death before levirate can be practised; the possibility of refusal by the deceased man's brother, including legal avenues available to him (2013-July 2014) 10 July 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Burkina Faso : information sur la pratique du lévirat, y compris la fréquence et le délai à respecter après le décès pour la demande de lévirat; la possibilité de refus par le frère de l'homme décédé, y compris les voies de droit qui lui sont ouvertes (2013-juillet 2014) 10 July 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Burkina Faso: The practice of levirate, including frequency and how long to wait after the death before levirate can be practised; the possibility of refusal by the deceased man's brother, including legal avenues available to him (2013-July 2014) 10 July 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Burkina Faso : information sur la pratique du lévirat, y compris la fréquence et le délai à respecter après le décès pour la demande de lévirat; la possibilité de refus par le frère de l'homme décédé, y compris les voies de droit qui lui sont ouvertes (2013-juillet 2014) 10 July 2014 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Widowhood rites performed by the Akan people, particularly for chiefs and sub-chiefs; whether the widow has to marry the customary successor of the sub-chief and consequences for refusal (2004-2006) 12 July 2006 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Cameroon: Whether a tradition exists in which a widow is forced by her in-laws or by the village chief to marry her dead husband's brother; if so, the ethnic groups that practise this tradition and the regions of Cameroon where it is common; the consequences for a widow who refuses to adhere to this practice; the recourses and protection available to such a woman (July 2005) 29 July 2005 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Ritual whereby a widow drinks the water used to clean her husband's corpse; consequences for a widow's refusal to drink the water; whether a widow's refusal is interpreted by others as responsibility for her husband's death (2002-2004) 12 January 2005 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Whether widows, single women and single mothers are vulnerable to violence or any other ill-treatment in Colombo (January 2003 - June 2004) 25 June 2004 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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