reproductive age was US$ 148 and US$ 126 in the 2007/08 and 2008/09 financial years respectively. This is far higher than what is observed in most African countries. RH expenditure constituted more than 10-12% of the total expenditure on health. Out-of-pocket payment for RH was minimal (less than 4% of the RH spending in both years). Government is the key source of RH spending (89%). Moreover, the public sector is the main financing agent with programmatic control of RH funds and also the main provider of services. Most of the RH expenditure is spent on services of curative care (both in- and out-patient). The proportion allocated for preventive and public health services was not more than 5% in the past two financial years. 45. ARTICLE 15: RIGHT TO FOOD SECURITY The revision of customary laws for communities in terms the Communal Land Reform Act is playing a major role in making the land rights of widows more secure. The Act provides that upon the death of the land rights holder, the land may be reallocated to a spouse or another dependant. The Act gives a widow security to stay on the land she and her late husband has been cultivating for years. The Government has a Resettlement Programme, which targets five principal categories of people: the San community; ex-combatants; displaced, destitute and landless people; people with disabilities; and people in overcrowded communal areas. In terms of the resettlement policy, women are given preference if and when they apply through the Ministry of Land and Resettlement. In addition, the Agricultural Bank Amendment Act, Act No. 27 of 1991, and the Agricultural Bank Matters Amendment Act, Act No. 15 of 1992 introduced the Affirmative Action Loan Scheme (AALS), among other things, with the main aim of resettling well-established and strong communal farmers on commercial farmland so as to minimise the pressure on grazing in communal areas. The AALS involves granting subsidised Agribank loans to full-time and part-time communal farmers possessing over 150 head of large livestock or 800 head of small livestock. Many women have been assisted by the bank in terms of the Scheme. Furthermore, the National Land Policy on the other hand, made specific reference to women’s rights based on Article 95(a) of the Namibian Constitution. The Policy accords women the same status as men with regard - 60 -