Special to the NNPA from GINThe Namibian government is considering landmark legislation that would protect women and children from being evicted from their homes after their husband dies.Traditionally, women in the northern rural areas lose livestock, homes and household items to their in-laws after their husbands’ death.”The laws already in existence, protecting the rights of women and children, must be implemented better and the tribal chiefs present here realized they have to apply the laws,” said Rosa Namises of Women Solidarity Namibia at a recent two-day national conference on the rights of women.Land rights should also be extended to children, because many times both of their parents have died, said Norman Tjombe, a human rights lawyer at Legal Assistance Center.A survey recently compiled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization found that the deceased husband’s family took cattle from 44 percent of women and children, livestock from 28 percent and farm equipment from 41 percent.Namises said, ”Awareness is important, and I think what emerged from the conference is that the government could cooperate more with NGOs to achieve that goal.” ###
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