Tanzania's proposed constitution empowers women to own land

<p>Sakina Mzava was still mourning the loss of her husband when her father-in-law kicked her out of her marital home in Vikindu village in Tanzania’s Coast Region. He also told her to hand over a piece of land she had been using to grow crops. “I was heartbroken, but I had no other choice than to let it go. I thought it was probably the end of my life too,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.</p><p><br><br>Customary law in the village in Mkuranga district dictates that women gain access to land through their male partners or relatives, and after the death of Mzava’s husband three years ago, his family turned hostile.</p>
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