widow cleansing
noun1
Africa A tradition that requires widowed women to have sexual intercourse as a form of ritual purification.
- A group of women in western Kenya is fighting "widow-cleansing", a traditional ritual practiced by Luo ethnic communities in some of the poorer, more rural areas of the country.2017 December 6, “Kenya widows fight sexual 'cleansing' practise”, in BBC News:
- The practices of widow cleansing, as well as widow inheritance, pose a serious risk of spreading HIV/AIDS to individuals and among the wider community.2019 May 23, Roseline Orwa, “Kenya: education, stigma and widow cleansing”, in LSE blog: