Women and custom in Namibia : cultural practice versus gender equality? /
Women and custom in Namibia : cultural practice versus gender equality? /
edited by Oliver C. Ruppel.
- Windhoek, Namibia : Macmillan Education Namibia, c2008.
- 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Konrad Adenauer Foundation ... Windhoek"--Preliminary paging.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171).
Promoting women's rights and gender equality in Namibia / Anton Bèosl -- Women's Action for Development: 15 years of experience with customary practice in rural Namibia / Veronica de Klerk -- Women and custom in Namibia: a research overview / Lotta Ambunda and Stephanie de Klerk -- Polygyny among the Ovambadja: a female perspective / Prisca Anyolo -- Strengthening women's rights: the need to address the gap between customary and statutory law in Namibia / Manfred O. Hinz -- Women and law reform in Namibia: recent developments / Tousy Namiseb -- Some judicial reflections on women and custom in Namibia / Kato van Niekerk -- Surveying the implications of violence against women: a perspective from academia / Oliver C. Ruppel, Kingo Mchombu and Itah Kandjii-Murangi -- Interesting grounds of (dis)advantage: the socio-economic position of women subject to customary law: a Southern African perspective / Julie Stewart -- Women and custom in Namibia: the legal setting / Wilmary Visser and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting.
9789991609386 9991609385
2009319044
Women's rights--Namibia.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Namibia.
Customary law--Namibia.
HQ1236.5 WOM 2008
"Konrad Adenauer Foundation ... Windhoek"--Preliminary paging.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171).
Promoting women's rights and gender equality in Namibia / Anton Bèosl -- Women's Action for Development: 15 years of experience with customary practice in rural Namibia / Veronica de Klerk -- Women and custom in Namibia: a research overview / Lotta Ambunda and Stephanie de Klerk -- Polygyny among the Ovambadja: a female perspective / Prisca Anyolo -- Strengthening women's rights: the need to address the gap between customary and statutory law in Namibia / Manfred O. Hinz -- Women and law reform in Namibia: recent developments / Tousy Namiseb -- Some judicial reflections on women and custom in Namibia / Kato van Niekerk -- Surveying the implications of violence against women: a perspective from academia / Oliver C. Ruppel, Kingo Mchombu and Itah Kandjii-Murangi -- Interesting grounds of (dis)advantage: the socio-economic position of women subject to customary law: a Southern African perspective / Julie Stewart -- Women and custom in Namibia: the legal setting / Wilmary Visser and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting.
9789991609386 9991609385
2009319044
Women's rights--Namibia.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Namibia.
Customary law--Namibia.
HQ1236.5 WOM 2008