She cooks, cleans and cares … so why is a woman in Uganda worth only 20% of divorce assets? | Primah Kwagala

In a potentially precedent-setting case, a Kampala appeal court has penalised a divorcing wife for lacking receipts to prove her value. This must not stand Without a receipt for all the cooking, cleaning and caring work they have performed, how do women prove their contribution to a marriage if it breaks down? Until November, that was not a question that women in Uganda – those like me in paid employment and those who work at home – were too concerned about. Courts typically ruled in divorce cases that assets are split 50/50. Continue reading...
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