Age, gender and diversity / Widowed persons

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Uganda: Family law with respect to custody of children of widows; whether husband's family has better claim to custody of children, including step-children (biologically related to mother, not deceased husband); including legislation and enforcement 12 March 2001 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Zimbabwe: Widow inheritance by a member of the deceased husband's family and consequences of refusal and availability of state protection 22 November 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Albania: Whether a document from the Registry of Citizens such as a birth certificate indicates "single" as the civil status of a widowed woman 16 October 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Follow-up to NGA34989.E of 23 August 2000 on whether a male relative of a deceased man can refuse to participate in a leveriate marriage with the deceased's widow 16 October 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sierra Leone: Prevalence of forced marriage of widows to deceased (missing) husband's relatives, and of young girls in arranged marriages among the Fula; whether children of deceased (missing) father belong to his family; availability of state protection and internal flight alternatives 6 October 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Fiji: Protection available to women, especially single, divorced or widowed women victims of domestic abuse by relatives; police procedures at the scene of the incident/crime; availability of restraining orders and shelters; protection offered by criminal or civil courts; attitudes of the public, police, government etc. (1999-2000) 4 October 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Follow-up to NGA35236.E of 28 August 2000 regarding the inheritor of the property of a widow with no children upon her death 29 September 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Rights of widows to inherit property in a civil marriage where there was neither will nor children; inheritor of the property upon her death 28 August 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: Whether a male relative of a deceased man can refuse to participate in a levirate marriage with the widow; consequences, if any, for such a refusal 23 August 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nigeria: State protection available to an Edo widow who is expected to marry her brother-in-law 18 May 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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