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Women’s legal rights and gender gaps in property ownership in developing countries

21 January 2021
Hema Swaminathan
Isis Gaddis
Rahul Lahoti

On January 24, 2020, a quiet revolution happened in South Africa. In a landmark ruling in the Durban High Court, 72-year old Agnes Sithole scored a legal victory that not only provided her a share of her husband’s estate but may also help to protect an estimated 400,000 black elderly women in South Africa. Facing impoverishment when her marriage ended, Ms.