A Woman's Place tells the intimate stories of women from three countries - India, South Africa and the USA - who are fighting to balance the scales of power so that "a man's world" is also a woman's place. Advocates for women's rights have frequently turned to LAW in their efforts to accord women equality. But are new laws enough to change old ways? A Woman's Place explores this question through three separate stories that share one common link - patriarchal control and women's efforts to dislodge it. In a new, post-apartheid South Africa TandaswaNdita, a judge works with traditional village courts so women can inherit property as per the new Constitution. In Duluth Minnesota, Mary Asmus, a prosecutor works with community groups to prosecute domestic abuse cases, in a way that won't render victims more vulnerable. In India two women, Veena who had an arranged marriage and Seema, who married for love both find themselves at the same juncture,