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Her sister says a young mother died in childbirth because she did not receive proper medical care in Cameroon, a country with high maternal mortality. But village leaders, in accordance with custom, called her a witch and denied a proper burial.
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It’s not legal for property to flow to the son of the sister of the deceased. But that’s the inheritance custom of one clan in Cameroon, where many people speak out against a system that can actually be worse for women than a patrilineal system.
In Cameroon’s Northwest Province, female elected representatives are in particularly short supply. Citizens, advocates, local officials and newly minted female candidates are trying to make 2012 the year to change that.