• 29 July 2005 | IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

  Cameroon

  Response whether tradition exists in which a widow has to marry her dead husband's brother; consequences for widow who refuses to this practise; protection available to such a woman

  Whether a tradition exists in which a widow is forced by her in-laws or by the village chief to marry her dead husband's brother; if so, the ethnic groups that practise this tradition and the regions of Cameroon where it is common; the consequences for a widow who refuses to adhere to this practice; the recourses and protection available to such a woman (July 2005) [CMR100428.FE] (Response, French)

  frID 1208304

• 29 July 2005 | IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

  Cameroon

  Response whether tradition exists in which a widow has to marry her dead husband's brother; consequences for widow who refuses to this practise; protection available to such a woman

  Whether a tradition exists in which a widow is forced by her in-laws or by the village chief to marry her dead husband's brother; if so, the ethnic groups that practise this tradition and the regions of Cameroon where it is common; the consequences for a widow who refuses to adhere to this practice; the recourses and protection available to such a woman (July 2005) [CMR100428.FE] (Response, English)

  enID 1224836

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