Women's inheritance rights in Malawi: The role of district assemblies

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-89

  Chiweza, Asiyati Lorraine ^a,b  

^a Curtin University of Technology ^*  (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14844344112     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452052000321622     Document Type: Article

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