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Women Lawyers Win Rights for Uganda Wives

Women Lawyers Win Rights for Uganda Wives
Uganda's Constitutional Court overturned key parts of the adultery law â€" which allowed married men, but not women, to have an affair.

"This spring, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers achieved its most significant legal success to date when the nation's Constitutional Court overturned key parts of the adultery law – which allowed married men, but not women, to have an affair. It also scrapped parts of the Succession Act, which gave more rights to husbands than wives when a spouse dies." (CS Monitor)

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