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[FN360]. Id. [FN361]. See id. [FN362]. Interview with SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Programme Legal Literacy Volunteers, Ho (June 5, 2001). [FN363]. Interview with Mrs. Faustina Borkloe, a WiLDAF Legal Literacy Volunteer from Keta, Ho (June 5, 2001). [FN364]. See Interview with Ms. Aba Akyere, Tarkwa (June 6, 2001). Her husband was from Abora Adumfa. When asked why the family beat her up she said that they claimed she monopolized her husband's time. Before his death, he moved in with her and his family and the older wives said she monopolized his time. As a result, the older wives became her enemies. [FN365]. Interview with Maulvi A. Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in Charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Accra (June 14, 2001) (“If you go to court, you will be dead before the case is heard” because of the backlog of cases). [FN366]. Interview with Ms. Rita Charlotte Eshon, Tarkwa (June 6, 2001). [FN367]. Interview with Supreme Court Justice Joyce Bamford Addo, Supreme Court, Accra (June 11, 2001). [FN368]. Interview with Justice Isaac Lartey-Young, Circuit Court, Tarkwa (June 6, 2001). [FN369]. Id. [FN370]. Interview with Mr. Samuel Yao Nudo, Alpha Chambers, Ho (June 6, 2001). [FN371]. Under the Koran, a man will inherit one half of the estate of his wife, upon her death, if she does not have children. If she has children, her husband will inherit one fourth of her estate. In each case, a woman will receive only half of what a man would receive under the same circumstances. Koran, Women, 4:11-12; see also supra note 138 and accompanying text. [FN372]. See Interview with Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Chief State Attorney, International Law Division, Accra (June 11, 2001) (noting that for Muslims, the Koran is the law and they will not abide by Law 111 unless they are taken to court); Interview with Alhaj Hamza Umar, Regional Chief Imam for the Volta Region, Ho (June 5, 2001); Interview with Mrs. Gloria Ofori-Boadu, Executive Director of FIDA Ghana, and Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Adjei, Vice-President, FIDA Legal Aid Clinic, Accra (June 12, 2001); Interview with Maulvi A. Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in Charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Accra (June 14, 2001). [FN373]. See Interview with Alhaj Hamza Umar, Regional Chief Imam for the Volta Region, Ho (June 5, 2001). In some cases, Muslim women themselves will not want to enforce the law
ecause it is contrary to their religious beliefs. See Interview with Mohammed Ayariga, Executive Director, Legal Resources Center, Nima-Mamoobi (June 15, 2001). [FN374]. See Interview with Alhaj Hamza Umar, Regional Chief Imam for the Volta Region, Ho (June 5, 2001). [FN375]. Interview with Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board, Western Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001). [FN376]. See Interview with Mr. F. Mahama, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ho (June 6, 2001). [FN377]. Interview with Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board, Western Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001). As a result, the police will tell the woman seeking assistance something “flimsy” as an excuse not to enforce the law. See id. [FN378]. Interview with Komfort Boateng, WAJU, Kumasi (June 5, 2001); see Interview with Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board, Western Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001) (noting that WAJU has done a good job in Accra). [FN379]. Interview with Komfort Boateng, WAJU, Kumasi (June 5, 2001). [FN380]. Id. [FN381]. See supra Part I for a discussion of Ghana's obligations under the African Charter. [FN382]. See supra notes 23, 29 and accompanying text. [FN383]. Interview with Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Chief State Attorney, International Law Division, Accra (June 11, 2001). [FN384]. Governmental organizations have been charged to work with with NGOs in the past. See, e.g., Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 2 (charging the Legal Aid Board to “ensure cooperation with Local, International, Governmental and N.G.O.'s with similar aims and objectives to promote the human rights cause”). [FN385]. Many advocates and lawyers suggest this role for the NCCE. See Interview with members of the Judiciary and Bar, Ho (June 6, 2001). [FN386]. Interview with Mr. Frank Adoba, Regional Director, NCCE, and Kofi Tenu, District Director, NCCE, Ho (June 6, 2001). [FN387]. Interview with Mrs. Akua Ansah-Eshon, Regional Director, NCWD, Takoradi (June 5, 2001). [FN388]. See Interview with Mrs. Patience Diaba and Mrs. Yaa Boadi, Legal Officers,
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