Zambia

Zambian Widow Defies Custom and Life Amid Graves

By Carlyn Hambuba ● Arts & Culture ● November 26, 2006

Theresa Chilala refused to be “inherited” by her deceased husband’s family in Zambia through a custom known as sexual cleansing. Her ensuing legal battles highlight the frictions between customary inheritance laws and international norms.

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Aid for Girls Going Beyond Schoolhouse

By Lori Nitschke ● Politics ● October 19, 2003

After 30 years of promoting girls’ education in the less-developed world, aid workers are now realizing that it is not enough to simply open the school door to girls. Unemployment, clean water and HIV/AIDS are now also on their agenda.