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Home > tanzania: Activists Challenge Gender Inequality As Women Marry Women

Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
119 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Tanzania still has a long way to go in achieving gender equality and cultures in some communities continue to force women to “marry” another woman in order to bear a son for inheritance purposes. This culture exists among the Kurya tribe in the country's North Western region of Mara bordering Kenya.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/16388 [5]
Country: 
Tanzania [6]

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