Across Africa, the AIDS pandemic is creating chaos for hundreds of thousands of women forced to leave their land and homes when their husbands die. Campaigners say the best way to protect the growing number of these ‘AIDS Widows’ is to introduce and enforce laws which give women equal rights to inherit and own property. In Kenya, these rights continue to be denied. But there are signs that things might change. Whatever happens next, many believe that unless something as influential as a new constitution takes up the cause, the calamity surrounding women’s land rights, widows and AIDS is unlikely to go away.