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Good morning.

Today we have conversations with war criminals

as the International Criminal Tribunal for

former Yugoslavia prepares to shut down in the Hague. To a historic temple

on the border between Cambodia and Thailand, which has long been a cause of conflict between

the two countries. In South Africa, memories of apartheid are

stirred by the sound of a harp. And tales from the press pack, the French presidential

press pack, what's Emmanuel Macron like to talk to?

Lose your husband and lose your place in society.

According to the UN, widows are often absent from statistics, unnoticed by

researchers neglected by the authorities and generally overlooked. Many have no right

to inheritance or land ownership and they can face

destitution and ostracism from their communities. Mental, physical and

sexual abuse are common. For some among the Luo tribe in Western Kenya, centuries-old

traditions dictate what should happen to a woman when her husband dies. But as

Theopiscalatos found, these days not all women are prepared to let others decide

their fate.

Sheltering in the shade of a fig tree, Lake Victoria glistening in the background, 50-year-old mother and grandmother Pamela

begins to speak.

Here the men are the decision-makers.

Here what the men say is what counts.

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