Tshuma, Roselyn2025-08-012025-08-012014-01Tshuma,R.The contributions of Property and Inheritance Rights (PIR) programmes to the empowerment of widows: A study of selected Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Binga, Zimbabwe.Alice.University of Fort Hare.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/3008Masters ThesesThis study examines the contributions of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) driven Property and Inheritance Rights (PIR) programmes towards the empowerment of widows in Binga District, Zimbabwe. Focusing on two NGOs, Ntengwe and Zubo, this study examine how patriarchal power is legitimized through customary law and the impacts of such on widows after the death of their husbands. It further explores whether the PIR programmes/projects run by Zubo and Ntengwe are providing the necessary knowledge and empowering widows to fight property grabbing after the death of their husbands.enHUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theology::Sociology of religionSOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Sociology::Sociology of LawThesis