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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
CORI Thematic Report, Nigeria: Gender and Age December 2012 \| Publisher: Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Sri Lanka 19 June 2012 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Syria: 1. Please provide updated information on the effectiveness of State protection in Syria (and Homs in particular) for a Christian woman who is a widow. 18 April 2012 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Zambia: 1. Please provide background and demographic information on the ethnic composition of Zambia and in particular the Tonga speaking people. Please include where they come from, what is their level of adherence to their traditional beliefs, and what is their relationship and standing within the modern Zambian community. 2. Please provide information on the customs and traditions associated with the death customs of the Tonga speaking people of Zambia. 3. Please advise the status of, the extent of and the legality of polygamy in Zambia. 4. Please provide some background information on Chief Hamusonde's chiefdom in the Monze District of southern Zambia. For example, what is it and how does it relate to other chiefdoms and Zambia generally? 5. Deleted. 6. Deleted. 7. Please provide information on the "cleansing ritual", the "naming ritual" and the "property grabbing" (presumably distribution of deceased estates) in Zambia. 8. Please provide information on local laws regarding "cleansing rituals", including whether the law permits it and whether the law requires condoms be used during such rituals. 9. Please discuss whether there are songs played on radio and television in Zambia regarding "unclean widows" called "Muka-mfwilwa", and how they warn men to stay away from them and how it encourages women to go back to their in-laws and be cleansed. 10. Please provide information on "widowed women in Zambia" as a possible particular social group. 11. Please provide information on the treatment of women and especially widows in the Tonga speaking ethnic group in Zambia. 12. Please provide information on the existence and activities of the women's lobby group in Lusaka. 13. Please provide general information on the effectiveness of police and state protection, and the extent of corruption in Zambia, particularly in respect to the protection of widowed or single women 24 November 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Country of Origin Information Report - Afghanistan 8 April 2010 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Swaziland: Some women can now own property 25 February 2010 \| Publisher: IRIN \| Document type: Country News
India: Treatment of widows in India; legal status; current situation; discrimination; government and societal attitude; available police protection and services; availability of NGO support; social welfare support; freedom of movement 23 November 2009 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
Women's asylum news: Issue No. 85, July/August 2009 11 August 2009 \| Publisher: Asylum Aid \| Document type: Country News

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