Thousands of widows in western Kenya face losing their land after their husbands die. In certain ethnic groups, widows are pressured to marry their late husband’s brother or have sex with another man to “cleanse” them of the stigma of widowhood. Women who refuse can be disinherited. Kenya’s constitution guarantees all citizens the right to own land. But often women are unaware. But the local assembly in one Kenyan county has unanimously passed a Widows Protection Bill that would criminalize the forced disinheritance. (AP video by Jackson Njehia)
