Egyptian campaign combats women’s inheritance denial

“My father died 40 years ago, leaving behind several sons and three daughters. At first, everything was handed to my eldest brother because that was what my mother wanted, all the papers and property were passed to him. After our mother died, we asked for our inheritance but there were always delays. Now, our brother has died, and the situation is the same. We don’t know what we own, and where. All assets have been transferred to our brothers. We don’t know how to get hold of our inheritance”. This was one from 106 testimonies recorded during a recent campaign called Ridwa that was launched by…

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