The status of women in Hedareb society is generally lower than that of men: the birth of female children is celebrated with fewer gifts and ululations than that of male children, and wives who consent to a divorce have no right to family property. Women generally inherit half as much property as men, and their testimony counts half as much in legal proceedings. An Eritrean survey in the early 2000s found that 100% of Hedareb women had undergone some form of female genital mutilation. Most Hedareb women are married by the age of eighteen.