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• Institutions, laws (South Africa)

  Submission by the Lesbian and Gay Project on the Tradtional Courts Bill that has made many rural rural lesbians extremely worriedadition

  28 February 2012, by LGEP

  The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP), formerly the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE) established in 1994, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works towards achieving full legal and social equality for lesbian, transgender, gay, bisexual and intersex (…)

• Institutions, laws (South Africa)

  South Africa: Traditional Courts Bill out of step

  17 February 2012, by SWART Heidi

  New laws governing traditional courts could strip 22-million rural South Africans — and women in particular — of some of their most basic rights. The Traditional Courts Bill, on which public comment closed this week, aims to set a framework whereby customary courts will have legal clout. Civic (…)