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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Primah Kwagala

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

Women cook outside in Gulu, northern Uganda.
Women cook outside in Gulu, northern Uganda. The value of their labour is rarely counted in monetary terms. Photograph: Sally Hayden/LightRocket/Getty Images

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.

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