But in Botswana and Zimbabwe traditional practices discriminating against women are not prohibited; customary law is exempted from anti-discrimination legal provisions. Douglas Webb has reported that in 2010 in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of orphans from all causes was over 50 million with one fifth of those orphaned by HIV (Handa, Devereux and Webb 2011). The major issue of orphans has led to a number of well-intentioned schemes that target HIV orphans.